Center for American Progress Center for American Progress
Issues Energy & Environment More Energy & Environment

Energy & Environment Complete Archives

The False Lure of Lower Gas Prices | May 6, 2008

Americans Are Feeling the Pain at the Pump | May 6, 2008

What We Can Do Now to Address Global Warming | May 5, 2008

Full Disclosure | May 5, 2008

Warming Ties | May 2, 2008

Food Price Crisis 101 | May 1, 2008

Progressive Relief from High Fuel Prices | May 1, 2008

It’s Easy Being Green: Mission Zero | April 30, 2008

Fixes for the Food Fight | April 30, 2008

How Could We Spend $600 Billion? | April 29, 2008

It’s Easy Being Green: Chicago’s Alleys Get a Makeover | April 23, 2008

Let's Dump "Earth Day" | April 22, 2008

Global Warming Red Herring | April 21, 2008

Ask the Expert: A New Farm Bill | April 17, 2008

Seven Years of Failure: Bush gets an F for the Earth | April 17, 2008

It's Easy Being Green: Living Off the Grid | April 16, 2008

Early Deployment | April 16, 2008

Fool Me Twice, Shame on Me | April 15, 2008

The Technology that Will Save Humanity | April 14, 2008

Ask the Expert: Biofuels Under Fire | April 10, 2008

The Human Side of Global Warming | April 10, 2008

The Reinvention of Greensburg: It's Easy Being Green | April 9, 2008

The Dream Reborn: Remembering Martin Luther King Jr., Forty Years On | April 4, 2008

Big Oil Plays Congress for a Fool | April 3, 2008

It's Easy Being Green: Sustainable Learning | April 2, 2008

Waitin’ On A Sunny (and Windy) Day | April 1, 2008

Hungry for Next Generation Biofuels: Sustainable Crop Diversity Combats Poverty | April 1, 2008

Carbon Capture and Sequestration 101 | March 31, 2008

Johnson’s Latest Dodge | March 31, 2008

Peak oil? Consider it solved | March 28, 2008

It’s Easy Being Green: Horse Power | March 26, 2008

Pioneering Renewable Energy The Rocky Mountain Way | March 25, 2008

Energy Diversity Dividends: Biofuels Lower Oil Prices | March 24, 2008

It’s Easy Being Green: Get Your Hands Dirty | March 19, 2008

Incomplete Study Still Shows Affordable Results | March 18, 2008

EPA Leadership: Too Many Questions, Too Few Answers | March 17, 2008

Time to Clean House | March 14, 2008

Wrong Again: Business Attacks Climate Security Act | March 13, 2008

Green-Collar Jobs in America's Cities | March 13, 2008

A Green Banner Event: Uniting Around Green Jobs | March 13, 2008

It’s Easy Being Green: ReUsing Buildings in Buffalo | March 12, 2008

Blocking State Leadership on Global Warming | March 7, 2008

Bringing Everyone to the Table: Climate Change, Developing Countries and Global Trade | March 5, 2008

It’s Easy Being A Green Business: Clif Bar | March 5, 2008

Unbearable Cost of Oil: Record Prices Require Senate Action | March 4, 2008

Renewable Energy Subterfuge: Bush’s Sleight of Hand | March 4, 2008

Regaining America’s Competitive Edge: Energy Research and Development by the Numbers | March 4, 2008

Carbon Offsets 101 | March 3, 2008

Getting Credit for Going Green | February 28, 2008

It’s Easy Being Green: Ditch the Water Bottle | February 27, 2008

A Broken Crystal Ball | February 26, 2008

Investments for Renewable Energy, Not Loopholes for Big Oil | February 25, 2008

Fishy Government | February 20, 2008

It's Easy Being Green: Is Pringle Creek the Greenest Neighborhood? | February 20, 2008

Record Oil Prices: Americans Pay, Big Oil Collects | February 20, 2008

Global Farming Done Right: Doha Talks and U.S. Farm Bill Converge | February 20, 2008

The Path to Better Biofuels | February 13, 2008

It's Easy Being Green: What Does That Certification Mean? | February 13, 2008

Providing Low-Cost, Reliable, Clean Energy to Maryland | February 12, 2008

Bush’s Energy Budget: Proposals Not Consistent with Claims | February 8, 2008

Develop Good Biofuels: The Journal Science Tells Us Why | February 8, 2008

The Bush Administration Takes Two Big Steps Backward on Carbon Capture and Sequestration | February 6, 2008

It’s Easy Being Green | February 6, 2008

Big Oil Feasts on Economic Woes | February 5, 2008

People Watch: Political Warming | February 4, 2008

Plug-In Hybrids: The Future of Cars | February 1, 2008

Developing State Solar Photovoltaic Markets | January 30, 2008

Bush Ignores Promise One Day After State of the Union | January 30, 2008

Bush v. Reality: Speech Obscures His Real Record on Energy | January 29, 2008

Effective Cap-and-Trade System Requires Credit Auction | January 25, 2008

Lofty Rhetoric on Energy | January 24, 2008

Green-Collar Jobs Means Standing Up for People and the Planet | January 23, 2008

Cap, Auction, and Trade: Allowance Auctions and Revenue Recycling Under Carbon Cap-and-Trade | January 23, 2008

This Week in Congress: 1.22.08-1.25.08 | January 22, 2008

Cap and Trade 101 | January 16, 2008

A New Strategy to Spur Energy Innovation | January 3, 2008

Time to Diversify Energy Resources as Oil Hits $100 a Barrel | January 3, 2008

Global Warming Insurance Policy Is Worth Premium: | January 2, 2008

Modernizing the Export-Import Bank | January 2, 2008

A New Strategy to Spur Energy Innovation | December 21, 2007

Think Again: Reporting on Warming, Dropping the Bali | December 20, 2007

California Scheming: EPA Denies California's Clean Car Request | December 20, 2007

The Lessons of Bali: The U.S. Needs to Lead on Global Warming | December 18, 2007

Public Opinion Snapshot: U.S. and Global Publics Want a New Deal on Global Warming | December 14, 2007

El calentamiento global y los latinos | December 13, 2007

What Are We Doing on Climate Change? | December 11, 2007

Big Oil Profits Dwarf Closed Loopholes | December 7, 2007

A Discussion with Paul Rozwadowski on the Farm Bill | December 5, 2007

A Discussion with George Naylor on the Farm Bill | December 5, 2007

Down on the Farm | December 5, 2007

A Real Change for Climate Policy: Moving Beyond the Kyoto Protocol in Bali | December 5, 2007

A New Day for CAFE in Congress: New Standards Mean Consumer Savings | December 4, 2007

Interactive Map: Flex-Fuel Friendly States | December 3, 2007

This Week in Congress: 12.03.07 – 12.07.07 | December 3, 2007

Senate’s Version of Farm Bill Inadequate on Subsidy Reform | November 28, 2007

Capturing the Energy Opportunity: Creating a Low-Carbon Economy | November 27, 2007

The Security Implications of Climate Change | November 26, 2007

A Changing Climate: The Road Ahead for the United States | November 26, 2007

The Gas Grinch That Stole Thanksgiving | November 19, 2007

Public Opinion Snapshot: U.S. and Global Public Willing to Sacrifice to Address Global Warming | November 16, 2007

» More

Where We Stand on Energy and the Environment

CAP is pioneering progressive, 21st century policy proposals to transform our nation and our economy in ways that protect the global environment, boost global prosperity, and create sustainable sources of clean energy to reduce the world’s reliance on dirty, carbon-based energy. Our low-carbon policy priorities encourage comprehensive upgrades in the efficiency of energy production and consumption as well as environmentally safe and sustainable energy diversification. And our commitment to sound scientific energy and environmental technology innovation exemplifies progressive ideals and pragmatism at work.