Where US Efficiency and Emissions Rules Mean New Jobs: $6 Billion in industrial development, thousands of jobs in Michigan

By Keith Schneider
US Climate Action Network
On Friday, May 21, President Obama gathered in the Rose Garden the chiefs of his transportation and environmental departments to take the next big step to leverage federal climate policy and clean energy investment to spur new job growth.
The president directed Transportation Secretary Ray La Hood and Environmental Protection Agency [...]

The Hour of Choosing Arrives: American Power Act Introduced in Senate

By Keith Schneider
US Climate Action Network

In a long-awaited proposal designed to secure existing domestic energy sources and develop new ones that begin to reverse the damaging effects of global climate change, New England Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman today introduced comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation.
The co-authors of the bill, one a Democrat from [...]

Climate Invaders and Other Choice Bits in Hot Pubs

Just in time for April Fool’s Day, the National Wildlife Federation today released its analysis of shifting habitats of ticks and other migrating critters with a tongue in cheek title, “They Came from Climate Change.”

“The horrifying hordes of Climate Invaders are upon us–creeping up from lower elevations, attacking from foreign countries, and settling [...]

Hip Hop Caucus Clean Energy Now! Bus Tour Rolls

The Hip Hop Caucus Clean Energy Now! Bus Tour got underway yesterday in New Orleans, with Rev. Yearwood,  actress Gloria Reuben and DJ Biz Markie joined by community and student leaders and hundreds of students on the campus of Dillard University. All those voices came together to call for a clean energy future.
Rev. Yearwood talked [...]

Business Organization Supporting Clean Energy Growing Rapidly

After starting with just 19 members, the group American Businesses for Clean Energy has expanded to include over 800 businesses in just six weeks.
The ABCE is a coalition of businesses that support Congressional enactment of clean energy and climate legislation that will significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The organization includes large companies such [...]

U.S. Will Help Spread Clean Energy Options

A group of industrialized countries, including the U.S., will invest $350 million over the next five years to foster clean energy technology in developing countries. The U.S. will contribute $85 million to the Climate Renewables and Efficiency Deployment Initiative; Britain, Norway and Switzerland have pledged $200 million.
The effort will include putting solar energy systems [...]

Copenhagen: Taking the risk to define a zero carbon, clean energy future

Copenhagen, host of the UN Climate Change Conference, is widely regarded as one of the world’s greenest cities. Klaus Bondam, mayor of technology and sustainability for the city of Copenhagen, explains the city’s ethos, commitment to sustainability, and its rapid plans to move from coal to wind energy. The city provides extensive energy-efficient public transportation, [...]

White House Clean Energy Forum Today

The White House will host a Clean Energy Economy Forum this afternoon, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.; the event will be streamed live online.
Several of President Obama’s top advisors – Secretary of Energy Chu, Secretary of Interior Salazar, Secretary of Labor Solis, and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson – will be present, as will [...]