At what point does the debate on climate change policy get so watered down that it becomes detrimental to progress? Environmental leaders Dr. Daniel Lashof (Natural Resources Defense Council), James Connaughton (Constellation Energy), Dr. Ana Unruh Cohen (Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming), and Kate Sheppard (Mother Jones) discuss the future of the climate bill.

John Pemberton of Southern Company thinks the oil spill disaster in the Gulf may muddy the waters of Congress's environmental debate. Tell us what you think in the comments section below.

In light of President Obama's Oval Office address about the oil spill in the Gulf and the spills' 60 day anniversary, Planet Forward asks people around DC how they are feeling about, and reacting to, the environmental crisis.

Planet Forward host Frank Sesno talks with Commissioner Mark Spitzer, of the Federal Energy and Regulatory Commission about how the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may finally lead to commercialization of plug-in hybrids.

The D.C. Bag Tax went into effect on January 1, 2010 with a portion of all revenues going to the Anacostia River Clean-Up Fund.

At our April 20 event, Planet Forward host, Frank Sesno, screened a video for the audience and our panel, and then we asked our panel what they thought of the ideas brought forward in the video. See the video and then watch their response...which may surprise you. Panelists (in the order they speak): -Dr. Dan Lashoff (NRDC) -Kate Sheppard (Mother Jones) -Ana Unruh-Cohen (Select Committee on Energy Independence & Global Warming -Jim Connaughton (Constellation Energy) Video produced by Nacho Corbella for "Powering a Nation" University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

George Washington University students, Ryder Haske and Elizabeth Cherneff, talked to American Petroleum Institute’s Rayola Dougher just days before BP's Deepwater oil spill. Hear what she says about the risks and what activists and other experts think about the event.

Planet Forward host, Frank Sesno, interviews Miles Grant, of the National Wildlife Federation, on the economic and environmental impacts he witnessed on his recent trip to visit the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson talks live to Planet Forward host, Frank Sesno, about her agenda to tackle the extreme prevalence of unregulated chemicals in our daily lives, about what initially drew her to the environmental movement and about what college students today can do to get involved and make a difference to their environment.

EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson talks live to Planet Forward host, Frank Sesno, about the need to listen as well as speak when engaging in the environmental debate.