Despite repeated attempts over the past decades to create a plan to curb carbon emissions on a global scale, international efforts to stymie the growing threat of climate change have largely fallen short, Brookings Institution Fellow Joshua Meltzer said during a lecture at UNLV Tuesday night.

President Barack Obama's election victory exposed tectonic demographic shifts in American society that are reordering the U.S. political landscape.

Experts say that clean energy, such as wind and solar, is good for the environment. But studies show it also can be good for our nation's economy. Brookings Institute scholar Adele Morris will take a look at how clean energy can boost our economy, and what states and local governments should be doing to build a clean energy industry.

Nuclear arms were created during the 1940s, and were used as a deterrent during the Cold War. Since then, the world has had to figure out how to handle the world's deadliest weapons. A presentation on Wednesday will explore challenges and opportunities facing Washington D.C. following the 2012 presidential elections in Russia and the U.S.

A recent article by my colleague Joe Schoenmann in the Las Vegas Sun discussed a few Zappos employees feeling uneasy about their new Downtown digs.

There was a time when the United States was seen as the one global leader. But that is no longer the case, as China, Brazil and others increase their global clout. But while there are now more players on the global stage, the United States and the West still remain central to managing the new global order.

After decades of decline, America's downtowns are once again attracting not just workers and shoppers but residents.

Since the oil embargo of 1973, the US has struggled to implement a sustainable and comprehensive national energy policy. We'll talk with John Banks, a Brookings Institute nonfellow in foreign policy and energy security about what is impacting the energy policy debate.

Late last month, President Barack Obama issued an executive order intended to spur job creation in manufacturing.

Just off the graveyard shift, Aaron Starks refuels with coffee in the early-morning quiet of the student union at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, steeling himself for his classes in electrical engineering.

Nevada was one of the states most affected by the economic downturn, which meant it also had to deal with one of the nation's worst state budget shortfalls in 2011. So what did state and local governments do well during the downturn? And what could we have done better?

Colorado Springs, plagued by high unemployment, continues to struggle to find traction in its recovery from the recession, a report by the Brookings Institution finds.