This week, we gauge reactions to President Obama's comments about climate action in 2011, we look back at a very ineffectual Congress (good and bad), learn why Californians need to defeat Prop 23 this fall, and give a shout-out to this weekend’s One Nation Working Together rally in Washington, D.C.

President Obama gave a cialis daily pill interview on the cusp of midterms elections and raised some hope when he discussed . He told the magazine he will dedicate himself to the issue in 2011, but that it would need to be handled in “chunks”, not as one bill. New York Times Dot Earth blogger Andy Revkin reacted with “”deep skepticism.” stand-alone bills like RES and a cap on smokestacks could be signs of this “chunkiness” already happening. We asked our followers on and what they thought -- and got some very mixed reactions. What’s yours?

Congress recessed early this week, leaving a lot of work hanging in the wind until they return from elections. Congress leaving things in the balance certainly isn’t anything new and there is some good and bad to what they did leave in balance.

The good? to block the Obama administration from regulating greenhouse gas emissions. Senate Republicans invoked Rockefeller’s “Dirty Air Act” on Monday, only to be shot down on the floor (whew!). Politico’s Darren Samuelsohn says this act is likely over for the year:

“A spokesman for Majority Leader Harry Reid declined comment Wednesday when asked if he will follow through with the floor vote commitment, most likely during the lame duck session. Majority Whip Dick Durbin told reporters there was limited time on the calendar after the midterm election.” [another whew!]

The bad? Well, any talk of a renewable Energy Standard (RES) bill is gone as well. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) introduction of his own RES bill puts a kibosh on Sen. Jeff Bingaman’s (D-NM) own RES bill. Bingaman is holding out for 60 votes. But with Sen. Durbin’s announcement of a tight lame-duck schedule, who knows. While 1Sky hasn't taken a stand on any RES bill yet, signs of bipartisan bills on climate is a step in the right direction. We hope.

On Monday, the voices of Appalachian communities devastated by reverberated through the streets of Washington, D.C. with incredible power. Marking the culmination of the mobilization, hundreds of people converged on Freedom Plaza near the White House for a rally and march calling for an end to the horrible practice of MTR. At the march’s end over 100 people were arrested outside the White House in an act of non-violent civil disobedience, showing the commitment of the movement for justice in Appalachia to hold elected officials and the coal industry accountable. Check out the :