“To truly transform our economy, protect our security, and save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we need to ultimately make clean, renewable energy the profitable kind of energy. So I ask this Congress to send me legislation that places a market-based cap on carbon pollution and drives the production of more renewable energy in America.”

– President Barack Obama

In his speech to a joint session of Congress February 25th 2009, President Obama made clear that Congress must act, and act quickly, to overhaul our oil-addicted economy with a cap on carbon pollution.

On the 14th of April 2009, in his speech at Georgetown University, President Obama again spoke about closing the carbon pollution loophole.  (view video)

Today, April 17, the Environmental Protection Agency set forth a proposed ruling that global warming pollution “endangers” Americans’ health and well-being.  This ruling sets the stage for using authority under the Clean Air Act to establish national emission standards for large global warming emitters such as new motor vehicles and coal-fired power plants.

The committee on Energy and Commerce  will begin hearings next week and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she intends to bring the bill to the House floor this year.

To read more about the Clean Air Act go to the Committee on Energy and Commerce website.

These actions make me hopeful and are one step closer to goals set forth by “The Green P“.

To make your voice count, go to We Can Solve It.  There is a lot of information available to keep you informed of future acts.

“The We Campaign is a project of The Alliance for Climate Protection — a nonprofit, nonpartisan effort founded by Nobel laureate and former Vice President Al Gore. The goal of the Alliance is to build a movement that creates the political will to solve the climate crisis.”

Repower America is a project of the We Campaign.  The site lays out ‘the plan’ in language we can easily understand.

Take the time to become informed and together we can change our future.