The Senate majority leader is shelving efforts to include cap-and-trade as part of a energy bill, dealing a blow to one of President Obama’s major priorities. Joe White discusses. Also, Amy Chozick discusses why cable TV channels are betting big on expensive epics in an effort to drive interest and, most importantly, to bring in overseas revenues.

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.

Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, tells Clean Skies News that government policies and the use of new technologies are actively changing the big picture in the energy sector, but they need to be accelerated.

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 Barack Obama spoke on the last day of climate talks at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. The President called on all major economies to put forward decisive national actions that will reduce their emissions and turn the corner on climate change.

Margaret Ryan reports on White House Climate Change Advisor, Carol Browner, who assessed the Obama Administration’s progress on clean energy. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will hold a meeting tomorrow on the Cape Wind project. The Sierra Club and others are suing Massey Energy claiming it has violated 12,000 pollution laws. And Lee Patrick Sullivan is at the Detroit Auto Show where the vehicles are the greenest ever.

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.

Clean Skies Sunday reviews the year in energy. From pending legislation, to a historical look to the first “energy” president, Jimmy Carter. What are the similarities, and differences? What obstacles does Pres. Obama face that Pres. Carter also did – and how can he overcome them? Two veteran Washington, DC journalists break down the year, and what’s ahead in 2010. Steve Mufson from the Washington Post and Lewellyn King of the White House Chronicle discuss the year in review, and offer insights into the new year.

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.

China is willing to clinch a deal at the COP15 Climate Summit in Copenhagen this week, says China’s He Yafei.

Robert Dixon Discusses Financing Efforts in Copenhagen

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.

In this tour, Stephen Schneider introduces us to the factors that affect future climate change, how scientists make projections, and what we can do to prevent the worst impacts. Learn more at www.google.com/cop15

Learn about climate change in this Google Earth introductory tour narrated by Al Gore, the first in a series of Google Earth tours leading up to the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen in December. For more climate change tours, visit http://www.google.com/cop15

Learn about the impacts of our changing climate, and how groups are working to cope with them. Find out more at www.google.com/cop15

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.

President Barack Obama and China’s President Hu Jintao came together at the U.N. to talk climate change. But as the WSJ’s Steve Power reports, the meetings were noticeable as much for what wasn’t said as what was.

As Democrats work to push a climate change bill through the Senate, all eyes are on this controversial approach to combating global warming.

President Obama starts another day at the G-8 summit in Italy. The group has already endorsed a new agreement to battle climate change, but as Fox’s Doug Luzader reports, there’s already a big rift in the making

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, known as an outspoken critic of China’s human rights policy, turns her focus to climate change in Beijing at a meeting with China’s Premier Wen Jiabao and President Hu Jintao. Video courtesy of Reuters.

Chevron CEO, Dave O’Reilly and Sierra Club Executive Director, Carl Pope debate America’s Energy Future. (Part three of three)

Chevron CEO, Dave O’Reilly and Sierra Club Executive Director, Carl Pope debate America’s Energy Future. (Part two of three)

Chevron CEO, Dave O’Reilly and Sierra Club Executive Director, Carl Pope debate America’s Energy Future. (Part one of three)

Landmark legislation to curb U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions was approved by the House of Representatives in a close vote late Friday, securing an initial victory for a cornerstone of President Barack Obama’s agenda.

Democratic leaders are gearing up to push climate-change legislation to a House vote later this summer. But the deal-making required to pass the act means the bill’s real-world impact on the environment and energy use could be slower and less substantial than the president once proposed, WSJ’s Steve Power explains

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.

PG&E’s Peter Darbee and American Electric Power’s Michael Morris discuss cap and trade programs and nuclear power at the Wall Street Journal’s ECO:nomics conference.

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.

President Barack Obama goes green..

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

A training program in East Los Angeles is teaching ex-cons to install solar panels so they can improve their skill set and market themselves for the new green economy. WSJ’s Russ Britt reports.

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.

WSJ’s Kelsey Hubbard interviews Craig Noble, portfolio manager at Brookfield Redding, about the stimulus plan and its role in infrastructure and carbon markets.

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.

Proponents of new carbon-dioxide emissions rules aren’t expecting any major moves from Washington in the near term. Steve Gelsi reports.

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.

Van Jones from the White House Council of Environmental Quality visits a local work site that gives us a glimpse of the clean energy economy that’s on the way. Green roofing is just one of the countless green job opportunities that will emerge from President Obama’s comprehensive energy policy.

The makings of a change in the culture of Washington can be seen as the President announces a breakthrough on fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions. He is joined by the Presidents, CEOs, or other top executives from Ford, Toyota, General Motors, Honda, Chrysler, BMW AG, Nissan, Mercedez-Benz, Mazda, Volkswagon, and the United Auto Workers.

Spain’s wind power sector has continued a dramatic growth. Technology Review.

Rising to the Challenge of Copenhagen The clock is now ticking for the international community to deliver the successor to the Kyoto Protocol in time for the UN Copenhagen Meeting

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.

Public policy think tank Civic Exchange and the British Consulate-General co-organised a workshop to explore the latest developments in carbon trading and the implications for the financial centres of the world. This workshop is supported by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited.

Congress fails to pass the landmark bill that would have regulated carbon emissions. Can Americans and the next president reverse course?

Europe’s way ahead and getting gov’t support. But T. Boone Pickens is betting on wind and Washington’s support. And nuclear’s getting a fresh look.

While gov’t must lean on business to tackle climate change, recall what happened with Clinton-Detroit’s new car project, and corn-based ethanol.

Oil profits soared in ’08, but none of the companies are investing in alternatives in a meaningful way. It’s all going toward finding more oil/natural gas.

For years, those who pushed for fuel-efficient/zero-emission vehicles have found themselves on a collision course with Detroit and Washington.

We get 52 percent of our electricity from coal-fired plants. They emit 2 billion tons of CO2 a year. Can clean coal technology be developed — and in time?

With the IPCC issuing ever more urgent reports on climate change, there’s a growing momentum in the U.S and the world for real change.

America’s growth, consumption has produced record CO2 levels; India, China are right behind with oil, coal, natural gas demand. Is the planet doomed?

Disappearing glaciers, rising sea levels, expanding deserts — the world is changing faster, more dramatically than ever was anticipated.

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