Obama's record on climate issues is not all bad.

In reality, studies show that investments to spur renewable energy and boost energy efficiency generate far more jobs than oil and coal.

The biggest tab the public picks up for fossil fuels has to do with what economists call 'external costs,' like the health effects of air and water pollution.

Ethanol doesn't burn cleaner than gasoline, nor is it cheaper.

But Big Oil and Big Coal have always been as skilled at propaganda as they are at mining and drilling. Like the tobacco industry before them, their success depends on keeping Americans stupid.

Extracting oil from the tar sands is a nasty, polluting, energy-intensive business.

So if you want to know how Exxon Mobil can make $10 billion profit in 90 days, just look around. The whole world was built for them.

Coal boosters like to tout coal as cheap and plentiful - well, not anymore. At least not in China.

When it comes to global warming, coal is the gorilla in the room.

If we drill the hell out of everything, including protected public lands and fragile regions like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, America can emerge as an 'energy superpower.'

The coal industry is an even larger part of the Australian economy than it is of the American, and it has an enormous amount of political power.

We live in the shadows of perception. Our dull awareness gives us no useful clues as to why we are here.

Most of all I admire Mozart's capacity to be both deep and rational, a combination often said to be impossible.

When I started graduate school I was interested in the culture of the Civil Rights Movement.

If you went to see me today, you might not like my music.

Texas people are really strong in their roots. I started writing and playing guitar at 17. I've always loved music, and my dad is a singer-songwriter.

Being open to correction means making ourselves vulnerable, and many people are not willing to do that.

We all arrive on Earth with a round-trip ticket.

Scientology is probably one of the most misunderstood things, and it's sad that it's so misunderstood.

Oh, how hard it is to find The one just suited to our mind!

You have to have a mentality. This is a business. This ain't hanging out having a good time