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Sir Richard Branson believes that business leaders have a responsibility to try to solve some of the world's biggest problems. (06:33)
Stephen pays tribute to the Washington insiders who pick up the lunch bill and write the legislative bill. (04:13)
Stephen sheds some light on Congressional representatives -- those shy, elusive creatures with brief, two-year terms. (03:43)
NASCAR employs a ruinous set of green initiatives, and the NFL institutes tighter stadium security, starting at the ankles. (04:06)
Author Daniel Yergin discusses hydrofracking, alternative energy sources and America's decreasing demand for oil. (05:54)
Al Gore talks about his work on the Climate Reality Project and marvels at the sophistication of Stephen's global warming metaphor. (06:43)
Frank Luntz will help Stephen create a Colbert Super PAC ad that works for Democrats and Republicans and scores with the South and the North. (07:10)
Particle physicist Brian Cox talks about the future of the universe and the possibility of the Higgs boson particle. (06:46)
John Prendergast talks about the birth of South Sudan, the creation of its flag and the oil curse that might plague its future. (04:59)
The natural gas industry tries to counter bad press, and Michael Shermer claims to be the founding publisher of Skeptic Magazine. (00:34)
To promote fracking, Talisman Energy releases Talisman Terry the Frackosaurus, the funnest energy extraction-based character since Mountaintop Mining Manny. (05:34)
Stephen considers the various options for alternative energy, particularly those based on animal treadmills and chicken sh*t. (04:00)
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. says mountaintop mining is not a good thing for American democracy. (06:26)
Should any incandescent bulbs escape South Carolina into neighboring states, they must be returned immediately, as specified in the Fugitive Bulb Act. (03:10)
The time to review the safety of nuclear power plants is not immediately after Japan's major environmental catastrophe. (05:26)
The socket huggers claim that pigtail bulbs last up to 10 years, but they haven't considered how the efficient lights will affect the joke-telling industry. (04:17)
Dale Bryk says the new and improved incandescent light bulbs use less energy and will put a dent in the deficit. (03:59)
Four Loko finds a new way to make money off their liver-destroying gutter swill, and horoscopes are off by one month. (05:46)
Frito-Lay discontinues its biodegradable chip bags, and residents file lawsuits about the noise caused by wind turbines. (03:32)
In order to solve global warming, Saul Griffith says we have to change our behaviors, not just our technologies. (05:57)