While many Republicans are predicting an increase in energy costs if we pass the cap and trade legislation, they are missing the big picture. The legislation will save exponentially more money than it will cost, as was seen with the 1990 Clean Air Act amendments. ...more

December 11, 2009

The Environmental Protection Agency took a major step Monday toward regulating greenhouse gases, concluding that climate changing pollution threatens the public health and the environment. ...more

December 7, 2009

There is a lot of confusion and misinformation circulating about the cap-and-trade mechanism in the energy and climate legislation being debated before the Congress. ...more

October 21, 2009

The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases are a danger to public health and welfare. It is the first step to regulating pollution linked to climate change. ...more

April 17, 2009

EPA administrator Lisa Jackson says the agency is moving toward regulating the gases blamed for global warming. ...more

February 17, 2009

Cleaner air over the past two decades has added nearly five months to average life expectancy in the United States, according to a federally funded study. ...more

January 21, 2009

In the waning days of his administration, President George W. Bush is trying to slip through a number of new rules that would undermine environmental and consumer protections. ...more

November 10, 2008

Paul G. Rogers, who represented Floridians in Congress for 24 years, has died. He was 87. ...more

October 13, 2008

The Bush administration, dismissing the recommendations of its top experts, rejected regulating the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming Friday, saying it would cripple the U.S. economy. ...more

July 12, 2008

A federal appeals court said Friday the Bush administration ignored the law when it imposed less stringent requirements on power plants to reduce mercury pollution, which scientists fear could cause neurological problems in 60,000 newborns a year. ...more

February 9, 2008