Fired-up Kucinich: We're reducing earth to a 'smoking, glowing, oily mess'
As gallons of oil continue to gush into the Gulf of Mexico, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) invoked God on the House floor Friday in an impassioned 90-second plea to end our dependence on fossil fuels and preserve "mother earth" with a clean energy economy.
Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) are set to unveil a comprehensive energy and climate change bill in the Senate Wednesday, but a lauded expert on the issue warned that the measure won't pass this year without forceful leadership from President Barack Obama – and would likely be a nonstarter in the next Congress.