While clinging to a discredited economic theory, Congressional Republicans are holding Obama's economic package hostage, and posturing for the 2010 midterms.

Wherever Obama has proposed stimulus spending for science, conservative senators propose chopping back massively. The increase in support for NSF? Gone completely. NASA's boost? Cut in half. And on and on.

A sculpture of a shoe erected in Iraq to honour a journalist who threw his footwear at George W Bush has been dismantled, reports say.

Yesterday, the Senate Finance Committee approved $31 billion in tax credits and other financial incentives to support development of renewable energy, help struggling wind and solar power companies, and give financial breaks to purchasers of electric cars

Using "energy independence" as the key motivator, President Barack Obama is asking the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider allowing California and other states to implement auto emission standards that are tougher than current federal regulation

Many people are wondering these days about the surprising success of climate change deniers; toss a few feet of snow on the ground and even democrats, who seemed more susceptible to the climate change message, start backing off. What is happening?

U.S. politics is taking a new shape after a long period of conservative dominance.

President Obama today declared a national goal of ending dependence on foreign oil and promised new U.S. leadership in the fight against global warming as he announced a series of steps aimed at making American cars more fuel efficient and reducing GHG's

Other countries are likely to take action against officials who condoned torture, even if the United States fails to do so.

To the surprise of progressives and anger of the GOP, leading Dems support investigations.