The round-up of news clips from May 6, 2010.

Dan Esty, the head of Yale's Center for Environmental Law and Policy, speaks about coal, gas and oil companies' reluctance to adapt in the face of climate change issues on American Public Media's Marketplace.

Do me a favor and if you're having a bad day maybe stear clear of this op-ed by Carole Lutness until tomorrow because it paints a bleak picture of our current energy situation and rapidly diminishing oil supply. It does however have a bright spot in the form of a call to push for Clean Elections at the state and federal levels to loosen the grip oil companies hold on policy via campaign contributions and bring about new, sustainable, energy policy.