Energy and Environment

Your Actions Matter: Murkowski Holds EPA Amendment

Thanks in part to the opposition of people like you, Sen. Lisa Murkowski didn't offer her amendment to revoke the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

She is still building support for this proposal, however, and has introduced the amendment as a resolution with the support of 39 other senators. Enter your zip code to urge your senators to oppose S. J.Res. 26.

• The EPA's authority is an indispensable tool for combating global warming.
• Read a religious community letter opposing the Murkowski resolution

Greening the U.S. Economy

The energy debate in Washington is still hobbled by false choices: either economic recovery or a sustainable economy but not both. Now is not the time to retreat on addressing the threats of climate change. FCNL's February Washington Newsletterlooks at three aspects of this discussion.

• Renewable Electricity Standards: In Pursuit of Clean, Renewable Energy
• The Carbon Tax: A Market Solution to Global Warming
• Green Jobs, Green Investment, and Economic Growth

Senate Global Warming Bill Better, but Still Needs Support

The Senate continues to work on legislation that would reduce greenhouse gas pollution and create green jobs. A key Senate committee, in the week of November 2, approved legislation in the Kerry-Boxer bill (S. 1733) that would leave key Clean Air Act provisions intact that would require dirty coal-fired power plants to meet minimum modern technology standards for global warming pollution.

• This bill (S.1733) is better than the legislation passed by the House earlier this year, yet it still falls short of what is needed to address the climate emergency that is facing the planet. FCNL will continue lobbying to strengthen the bill.
• Write your senators today! and urge them to cosign a letter to the Senate leadership organized by Senator Robert Menendez (NJ).
• Read a letter to Sen. Boxer and an analysis of the legislation that FCNL co-wrote.

The Preferred Choice: Cap without Trade

Bipartisan legislation introduced in early December by Senators Maria Cantwell (WA) and Susan Collins (ME) addresses many of the problems with the cap-and-trade approach that has dominated the climate change debate in Congress. Find out more about the Carbon Limits and Energy for America's Renewal (CLEAR) Act and the seven ways that this bill gets it right in addressing the U.S. contribution to global warming.

Find Out More:

• Read an article about why "A New Outside the Beltway Climate Bill Deserves Support"
• See FCNL's flyer "Can Congress Curb Climate Change?"