What's New

On May 12th Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman released a draft of "The American Power Act" - a comprehensive federal climate and energy bill. 

And it’s not a minute too soon. BP’s oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and the recent tragedy in the West Virginia coal mine are chilling reminders of the consequences of our dependence on fossil fuels. It’s time for a change and there’s no time to waste.

Thanks to Senator Kerry and Senator Lieberman’s hard work, discussions on clean energy legislation are under way. Young people from coast to coast are paying attention because we want to make sure President Obama and our leaders in D.C. get it right.

Overview

We know that global warming threatens our way of life.

The impacts of global warming are now being observed nearly everywhere and experts predict changes in weather patterns, agriculture and sea levels will only get worse.  To stop the worst effects of global warming, we need to reduce global warming pollution at least  25 % below 1990 levels by 2020. 

Solving the problem won't be easy; we need to transform how we use and produce energy, changes that will affect our lives every day. We are going to need new technology and politicians willing to move us to a new clean energy future. And we’re ready to start taking action now.

We’ll educate people across the country about the technology that we do have to solve the problem, we'll continue to lead the way by getting these technologies put into place on campus and in our communities and we will call on our elected officials to do what they can to cut global warming emissions.