What's New

Our chance to solve global warming is now. With new leadership in Washington and an increasing awareness of global warming, the bold solutions we need are finally within reach. Clean energy technologies like wind and solar power can reduce global warming pollution while creating millions of new jobs at home and reducing our dependence on oil and other fossil fuels.

On March 5, the US EPA held a hearing to reconsider California's Clean Cars waiver request.  Read more about that here.

President Obama committed to capping global warming emissions, supporting 100% auctions.  Read more about California's commitment to 100% auctions here.

Summary

More and more Americans are becoming concerned about global warming. As power plants and cars spew out more global warming pollution, we will see rising sea levels, longer wildfire seasons, depleted spring snowpack and extreme drought.

The good news is we’ve already begun to lead the way in California, passing first-in-the-nation legislation to cap our state’s global warming pollution (AB 32).  In addition, we know that if we act now and act decisively we can stop global warming and protect our children and future generations.

The United States could substantially reduce its global warming pollution by using existing technologies to make power plants, businesses, homes, and cars more efficient and increase the use of clean, renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power. 

President Obama campaigned on a vision of clean energy that helps the United States solve global warming, frees us from dependence on oil, and puts Americans to work in good jobs.  From the first days of this administration, the president has pursued policies that put us on that path.  Chief among these policies was his decision to order the US Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider whether to allow California and more than a dozen other states to adopt strong clean cars standards, a program initially blocked by the Bush administration.

Fourteen states have already passed the clean cars program, and if all 50 stated opted in, the global warming pollution savings would reach the equivalent of eliminating the carbon dioxide pollution from all of the registered cars and light trucks in the country for an entire year.  According to the California Air Resources Board, Californians can expect to save as much as $30 a month at the pump.

Unfortunately, oil companies and other polluters are resisting the changes we need. Using well paid lobbyists and expensive advertising campaigns, they hope to undermine any solution that makes its way to Congress. Environment California is building the support needed to pass bold new legislation in Congress and to adopt strong EPA regulations that will allow California to lead the way in reducing global warming pollution to the levels needed to protect future generations from the worst effects of global warming.