As the White House continues to promote energy efficiency as a key component to solving the energy crisis, politicians and business leaders consider commercial buildings prime candidates for efficiency savings. Clean Skies News’ Susan McGinnis takes a look at “green” building and tours a building that’s won top-level recognition for energy efficiency.

The U.S. has debated for decades the issue of offshore drilling, with the backlash largely sparked in 1969 by a major spill off the coast of Santa Barbara. Journalist and science writer Eric Roston and Kenneth Medlock, fellow at the Baker Institute, provide insight.

Joe Romm, Senior Fellow for the Center for American Progress Action Fund, discusses his new book, “Straight Up: America’s Fiercest Climate Blogger Takes on the Status Quo, Media, Politicians, and Clean Energy Solutions.”

On the program: – UN chief Ban Ki-moon sets up a high-level advisory panel to jump start financing for developing nations to battle climate change. – President Obama releases his Economic Report… Inside: a plan for a clean energy future. – State energy regulators will soon tell the feds what they want from Washington.  The [...]

President Calderon talks about the next COP16 in Mexico 2010

Clean Skies Sunday reports on the new reality for Senate Democrats. With only 59 Democratic votes, Tyler Suiters breaks down the future of energy legislation, a bill regulating the controversial act of hydro-fracking, and a push to nullify the EPA endangerment finding on greenhouse gases. Energy analyst Kevin Book discusses the possible merger between Exxon-Mobil and XTO. It’s been one month since the end of the Copenhagen talks, and Ned Helme, President of the Center for Clean Air Policy discusses what’s been done since then.And it’s an electrifying ride at the North American International Auto Show – we’ll show you the newest, greenest cars about to hit the road.

President Obama is pushing for a climate deal in Copenhagen, but it remains unclear if the U.N. will be able to seal a climate deal Friday, WSJ’s Roman Kessler and Noah Buhayar report.

Siemens AG CEO Peter Loscher tells WSJ’s Roman Kessler competition is key to tackle the climate issue, and what the Copenhagen summit means for his company.

Report from Denmark on the final week of the Copenhagen climate change talks. In the end, negotiators came to an agreement, but that resolution is getting mixed reactions.

Secretary of State Clinton tries to break the impasse at the Copenhagen climate summit by offering $100 billion a year for a decade to developing nations. Jeffrey Ball reports on how the offer was received in Copenhagen.

On the final day of negotiations in Copenhagen, President Obama urged the 193 countries to compromise on key demands in order to seal an accord to combat climate change. Also , an environmental group backed by the Chinese government has won two lawsuits on behalf of residents threatened by pollution. Chinese courts have historically barred groups like the All China Environment Federation from bringing such suits as plaintiffs. OPEC will probably maintain its output quotas at next week’s meeting as prices trade close to members’ target of $75 a barrel. And one of the keys to living under a global emissions treaty may be shale gas. Susan McGinnis takes an in depth look at one of the game changing plays in the U.S., the Marcellus.

Clean Skies Lee Patrick Sullivan reports on the debate over which bank will handle the hundreds of billions of dollars given to developing countries to combat climate change and how much will countries contribute? Several developing countries are concerned about the World Bank’s potential role saying the Bank’s involvement with the fossil fuel industry was a major cause of climate change.

Week 2 of UN World Climate talks have started in Copenhagen, leaving five days left for world negotiators to try to strike a substantive deal on climate change. Clean Skies News is there with team coverage and comments from UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband, Executive Director of International Energy Agency (IEA) Nobuo Tanaka, South Africa Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Chesapeake Energy CEO, Aubrey McClendon.

Copenhagen Climate Talks in Danger of Deadlock

Some 15,000 delegates from 192 nations gather in Copenhagen for two weeks of negotiations on an agreement that would succeed the Kyoto Protocol and set new global carbon emission targets. At the heart of the deal must be a settlement between the wealthy countries and the developing world. Video courtesy of Reuters.

CS News takes an in depth look at Europe’s experience with a large scale carbon trading system

Days before heading to the global climate conference in Copenhagen, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled a new report predicting that almost half a million Californians could be at risk from rising sea levels along the coast.

Concerns are mounting about projects that earn carbon credits for business practices they’ve been doing anyway.

On the eve of the inauguration, attendees of the Green Inaugural Ball and the Arkansas Inaugural Gala in Washington, D.C. — including former President Bill Clinton — share their hopes for Barack Obama’s first 100 days in office.

UK startup Liberty Electric Cars is planning to put all-electric power trains into Range Rovers, creating the first zero-emission sport utility vehicles. CEO Barry Shrier explains why to MarketWatch’s Tom Bemis.

At the ECO:nomics summit, former Vice President Al Gore discusses his 10-year plan to end utilities’ use of carbon-based fuels.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt talks about Silicon Valley’s search for smart ways to rein in fossil-fuel use at the ECO:nomics conference.

At the ECO:nomics conference, Deutsche Bank’s Caio Koch-Weser talks with WSJ’s Deputy Managing Editor Alan Murray about how green initiatives might get financed in this economy.

General Electic CEO Jeffrey Immelt talks with WSJ’s Alan Murray about cap-and-trade on carbon emissions and how the U.S. already has a greenhouse gas policy — but nobody knows about it.

During an interview conducted by The Wall Street Journal’s Alan Murray at the ECO:nomics Conference, former Vice President Al Gore was challenged on his stance on carbon emissions by Bjorn Lomborg of Copenhagen Business School.

Greg Arnold, co-founder and managing partner of CE2 Capital Partners, talks to MarketWatch’s Steve Gelsi about pending environmental legislation and its potential economic impact.

Larry Lohmann, author and founding member of the Durban Group for Climate Justice, discusses the pros and cons to carbon trading and its effects on the planet.

United Nations, New York, 14 May 2009: The United Nations is leading a powerful new campaign to encourage governments to seal the deal on a fair, balanced and effective agreement on climate change