Restore Clean Water Act Protections

Environment America: New Draft Climate Bill Takes Critical Steps Forward, But Must Do More to Get America Off Oil 5/13/2010

Today Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman released a new discussion draft for comprehensive federal climate and energy legislation, entitled “The American Power Act.”

Building Better: How High-Efficiency Buildings Will Save Money and Reduce Global Warming 3/31/2010

America is the largest consumer of energy in the world, and the majority of this energy comes from dirty and dangerous sources like coal, oil, natural gas, and nuclear power. Our continued reliance on these fuels contributes to global warming, undermines our energy independence, and costs American families and businesses more and more money every year. We can save money and help solve global warming by reducing the amount of energy we use, and the best place to start is in the buildings we live and work in every day. Over 40 percent of our energy – and 10 percent of the all the energy used in the world – goes toward powering America’s buildings, but it doesn’t have to be this way. We have the technology and skills to drastically improve the efficiency of our buildings, and we should set a goal of reducing our overall building energy consumption 35 percent by 2030 and 50 percent by 2050.

Building a Solar Future: Repowering America's Homes, Businesses, and Industry with Solar Energy 3/24/2010

America has virtually limitless potential to tap the energy of the sun. Solar energy is clean, safe, proven and available everywhere, and the price of many solar energy technologies is declining rapidly. By adopting solar energy on a broad scale, the nation can address our biggest energy challenges – our dependence on fossil fuels and the need to address global warming – while also boosting our economy.