Clean Water Action President John De Cock Statement on President's Planned Climate Speech

Today's Rose Garden climate speech by President Bush is just the
latest attempt to run out the clock on global warming without taking
meaningful action. The President's failure today to endorse mandatory
limits on carbon dioxide emissions means he has left this challenge for
the next President and Congress.

President Bush is correct today in identifying the need to deal with
carbon emissions generally, and emissions from coal plants in
particular. But the President largely remains where he was eight years
ago when he pledged to restrict carbon dioxide from coal plants, and
instead caved into big energy companies and did nothing.

Congress revisits the Clean Water Act

by Darrell Gerber and Myrna Poticha

originally published in The Denver Post, April 15, 2008

As spring's welcome beauty flows to summer's sun, their climate
cousins flood, drought and storms will likely be paying us a call as
well. So whether you fish, swim or just drink it, April is a good time
to be thinking about water and that's what the U.S. Congress is doing.

After months of intense debate, Congress passed a significant piece of energy legislation in December 2007. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 takes an important step forward by mandating significant increases in vehicle fuel economy standards for the first time in a generation. Improved fuel economy will lower consumer costs, reduce our dependence on oil and significantly reduce global warming pollution.