Key quote: "U.S. Democrat Barack Obama called climate change "one of the biggest challenges of our time" but with just weeks to go until the election and the economy and current financial crisis dominating the debate, the environment and climate change has been relegated to a secondary issue."
Key quote: "Though Tom Brokaw didn't ask any questions about cultural policy during last night's second presidential debate, as my colleague Christopher Knight hoped he might, Barack Obama did touch on the subject of green architecture."
Key quote: "When I was a kid, I grew up in Hawaii, and so I would go fishing with my grandfather."
Key quote: "I want to know what you would do to fix the environment that is so quickly failing us and especially when so little is done to help it," he asked Obama."
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama says Al Gore would play a key role in his administration if he wants one, but he won't say whether he'd ask him to be his running mate.
"Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama acknowledged Sunday that Americans would pay higher costs for electricity if his environmental program to vastly reduce greenhouse gas emissions is successful."
Sen. Barack Obama accused the Bush administration of putting the interests of the oil industry ahead of the public's.
Obama expressed he would like to see an increase in renewable energy, lower carbon in fuels and increase fuel efficiency of cars.
"We've got to have a president in the White House who sets bold targets and sets broad goals and isn't intimidated by the barriers and the roadblocks and isn't driven by those who already have an investment in the status quo - somebody who can overcome the lobby campaign trail as the only candidate experienced enough to make a change in Washington," Obama said.
"Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) used Saturday’s Live Earth music extravaganza to make amends with liberal environmentalists he angered earlier this year by introducing a bill subsidizing liquefied coal, a fuel activists say would accelerate global warming."
"Obama is the only presidential candidate to launch "Live Earth" condert on his official Web site."
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed a federal low-carbon fuel standard patterned on California's ambitious goals. Obama also called on U.S. automakers to double gas mileage of cars and trucks over the next two decades.
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