Using free energy from the sun to produce electricity is one of the most effective ways to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, and installing small-scale solar applications is a great way to start.

irects the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review EPA policies regarding the use of mobile to stationary source trading of emission credits under the Clean Air Act to determine whether such trading can provide both nonattainment and attainment areas with additional flexibility in achieving and maintaining healthy air quality and increasing use of alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles, thereby reducing United States dependence on foreign oil.

Sep 15, 2008

We need alternative energy sources – wind, solar, biomass, clean coal, nuclear.

The money in this trust fund would be plowed directly into development and implementation of clean, renewable energy sources throughout the United States – the kind of alternative energy we need, ultimately, in order to permanently end America’s foreign energy dependence.

"Many have made the case that we must reduce dependence on imported fossil fuels. By doing so, the accompanying benefits would include reductions in the emission of greenhouse gases and other pollutants, and possibly new checks on urban sprawl." Among the ways to address these concerns, he says, is to raise the Federal gasoline tax, increase government spending for renewable energy research and development, sign and support the Kyoto Protocol, and create meaningful urban and suburban growth management policies.

ENDORSING THE US MAYORS’ CLIMATE PROTECTION AGREEMENT

1995-2009

Increase the use of clean, alternative energy by, for example, investing in “green tags”, advocating for the development of renewable energy resources, recovering landfill methane for energy production, and supporting the use of waste to energy technology;