EPA Gives Green Light to Cleaner Cars 6/30/2009

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today approved the Clean Air Act waiver that 13 states and the District of Columbia needs to implement its program to reduce global warming pollution from passenger vehicles.

Building a Better America: Moving Toward Zero Pollution with Highly Efficient Homes and Businesses 5/13/2009

Through ongoing investments in making our existing buildings more efficient and by committing to higher performing new buildings; which cut energy use in half within ten years and which generate as much energy as they use by 2030, we can make major progress toward energy independence, reducing global warming emissions and improving our economy.

Clean Energy, Bright Future 1/15/2009

We can protect our environment and strengthen our economy by investing in clean energy and green infrastructure. A green economic recovery plan would mean less global warming pollution, fewer asthma attacks from air pollution, more clean lakes and rivers for drinking water, swimming and fishing, more secure energy in the long term, and more jobs than investing in the dirty energy technologies of the past.

Clean-energy vote 7/02/2009

Last Friday, Congress took a historic step toward a clean-energy economy by passing the American Clean Energy and Security Act. While the dramatic shift we need in our energy policy and the dire scientific predictions regarding global warming demand that we do much more, the first step is always the hardest. This Congress should be applauded for taking it.

Grayson's vote supports an efficient future 7/02/2009

Will this transition to clean, safe energy come without cost? Certainly not. Will it be the lesser of two costs, compared with the status quo? Absolutely. And thanks to leaders like Rep. Alan Grayson, Florida and our planet will be better for it.

EPA lets California set own auto emission standards; Florida can't because of Legislature 6/30/2009

As expected, the Environmental Protection Agency today approved California's longstanding application to set tougher auto emission standards as a tool for combating climate change, reports the Associated Press.