The American Clean Energy & Security Act is moving through the House Energy & Commerce Committee. President Obama met with E&C Democrats on Tuesday, May 5th, to urge them to craft a strong bill which would cap carbon emissions, grow clean energy solutions, foster innovation, create jobs,...
Nearly 1,000 Mayors across the U.S. have come together to tackle climate change. Go to http://usmayors.org/climateprotection/list.asp to find a city that is part of this initiative and then start to think about how fast the local communities are banding together to implement ambitious change to address...
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Most of us don’t see the effects of global climate change when we look out the window. As a result, it is often easier to rally support to clean up a dirty river or urban smog whose dangers are more observable. But the lack of a visual jolt (except in films about the Arctic ice caps) is no reason...
Power Shift 2009, a national environmental summit, was held in Washington D.C. February 27-March 2. I was one of 12,000 students that attended the summit. Power Shift was led by and for young people and coordinated by the Energy Action Coalition. Consisting of 50 leading organizations, 700 local groups...