After paying out $42.4 billion for the Gulf Coast disaster cleanup, the petroleum giant is fighting back.

For the past year, ALEC and its members have been rolling out legislation that attempts to repeal renewable energy laws. Their effort, for the most part, has failed.

In this clip, This Town author Mark Leibovich explains how politicians are lured by lobbyists.

How far have we come since 1963 -- and what remains to be done? Seven scholars and thinkers weigh in.

Last week, President Obama made good on his 2010 promise to restore the solar panels that President Carter installed in 1979.

National Priorities' Mattea Kramer provides an update – in handy cheat-sheet format – of what's happening with the federal budget when Congress reconvenes in September.

President Obama escalated the U.S. drone campaign in Yemen earlier this month -- and it's not winning many hearts and minds on the ground there.

Michael Winship says the only thing worse than a do-nothing Congress is one that yields "to the urgent, seductive whisper of the dollar."

Wisconsin Representative Chris Taylor, a Democrat, attended ALEC's recent conference to learn about the organization responsible for so many of her state laws.

With help from Tar Sands Timmy, Cartoonist Mark Fiore reminds us that Keystone XL is not the only dirty pipeline worth talking about.