Rob Sisson, the president of the group Republicans for Environmental Protection, walks something of a lonely road these days. His group, founded in 1996, aims to restore what it calls the "great conservation tradition" of the GOP. BLOG POSTS | Carl Pope: Betting Against Einstein America must move into the future. The era of cheap oil, energy dependence, and "what me worry" climate science is over. The United States must join, not just the rest of the world, but the 21st century. | | David Suzuki: A 56-Million-Year-Old Lesson in Climate Change The main difference between now and then is that now we are fuelling the current change, whereas 56 million years ago, it was a natural phenomenon -- although scientists are still not entirely sure what caused it. | | Paul Yeager: NOAA Winter Forecast: "Wild Card" to Determine Winter Extremes NOAA calls the Arctic Oscillation the "wild card" of the winter forecast, and it will ultimately have a tremendous effect on the weather for millions of Americans. | | Shawn Lawrence Otto: Another Climate Denial Argument Bites the Dust This Koch-funded group has not been able to show that the urban heat island effect has had any influence on temperature measurements of global warming. In fact, the group found in a paper just released that both urban and rural areas "show significant warming." | | Eric D. Isaacs: Educating America About Clean Energy If we can succeed in bringing comprehensive -- and inspiring -- clean energy education to every student in America, the result will be a stronger, more prosperous, and safer nation, for generations to come. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.COM |
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