Global warming and energy lingo can be so wonky and complicated -- seriously, what is "cap and trade," anyway? Which are the good biofuels and which are the not-so-good? Is there really such a thing as "clean coal?"
Enter our One-Minute Energy Intelligence videos -- Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope unravels these mysteries in a series of one-minute videos. Here's the first one. We'll add a new one each week until we've posted them all.
This week: The 2008 Elections Why New Leadership is Key to Addressing Global Warming
Previously: The Right Way to Use Biofuels: Why Some Biofuel Feedstocks Are Better Than Others
The difference between cap-and-trade and cap-and-auction.
How we cut carbon emissions 80 percent by 2050 -- and how you can help.
Next Week: Stopping the Coal Rush: How Preventing Proposed Coal Plants from Being Built is Key to Our Success in Cutting Emissions.