2011 was a record-breaking year for the United States, but not in a good way: the Washington Times reported that there were more billion-dollar weather disasters in this calendar year than ever before, and the year’s not over yet. Even taking inflation into account, the United States this past...

American journalist and bestselling author Tom Brokaw, on the road promoting his new book, The Time of Our Lives, believes that how we handle climate change is up to the individual–and the next generation of Americans. When asked specifically about climate change during a Q&A session earlier...

Antigua and Barbuda, with a population of less than 90,000, has been largely dependent on fossil fuels to sustain their dominant industry: tourism. But the islands are now focusing on the promise of renewable energy sources  since increases in energy prices and growing climate change concerns have...