Environment & Climate Change
We must end the tyranny of oil in our time. This immediate danger is eclipsed only by the longer-term threat from climate change, which will lead to devastating weather patterns, terrible storms, drought, conflict, and famine. That means people competing for food and water in the next fifty years in the very places that have known horrific violence in the last fifty: Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. That could also mean destructive storms on our shores, and the disappearance of our coastline.
We understand that climate change is not just an economic issue or an environmental concern– this is a national security crisis.
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Sarah Palin's Flip-Flop on Cap-and-Trade
July 20, 2009 - But it looks like Sarah Palin's a little unclear on what her policy positions are.
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Climate Change, Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency
June 29, 2009 - Friday night the House passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act 219 to 212. Only 8 Republicans voted in favor of the bill.
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American Clean Energy and Security Act Goes to Full House Vote Tomorrow
June 25, 2009 - As we’ve been talking about all week, the House is expected to vote tomorrow on the American Clean Energy and Security Act.
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Kaine Strongly Urges House to Pass Historic Bill and Help Jumpstart Our Clean Energy Economy, Create Jobs
June 25, 2009 - Today I call on the House of Representatives to pass the American Clean Energy and Security Act, landmark legislation supported by President Obama that will transform the way we use and produce energy in America . The passage of this bill represents the next step towards an energy plan that will help fuel a lasting economic recovery, break our dependence on foreign oil, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and create a framework of clean energy incentives to create millions of good, green new jobs.
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Our Clean Energy Economy
June 25, 2009 - With a full House vote expected this week on the American Clean Energy and Security Act (or Waxman-Markey), all eyes turn to the nation’s energy policy.
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Iran, Energy Legislation and Health Care Reform at President Obama’s Press Conference
June 24, 2009 - Today the President held a press conference where he addressed the situation in Iran, energy legislation currently pending in the House and the urgent need for health care reform.
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Clean Energy, Green Jobs and Climate
June 23, 2009 - The Obama Administration is dispatching cabinet secretaries and senior officials around the country this week to highlight the need for comprehensive energy legislation that makes us more energy independent, reduces climate change-causing greenhouse gas emissions and creates millions of green jobs.
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Van Jones, Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
March 21, 2009 - Van Jones was appointed to serve as Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the Council on Environmental Quality. Jones will help shape the Administration's energy and climate initiatives.
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President Obama Signs Memo Allowing States to Set Stricter Emissions Standards
January 26, 2009 - President Obama signed a memorandum Monday requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider an application by California to set more stringent auto emissions and fuel efficiency standards than required by federal law.
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Obama Selects Agriculture and Interior Secretaries
December 18, 2008 - At a press conference in Chicago, President-elect Barack Obama named former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack as the next Secretary of Agriculture, and Colorado Senator Ken Salazar as Secretary of the Interior.
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