Climate Change and Environment

"...We can’t have an energy strategy for the last century that traps us in the past. We need an energy strategy for the future – an all-of-the-above strategy for the 21st century that develops every source of American-made energy...”
(President Barack Obama, March 15, 2012)

Documents and Speeches

• Annual Energy Outlook 2012, Energy Information Administration/U.S. Department of Energy, June 25, 2012
• Remarks by President Obama at Press Conference After G20 Summit, Convention Center, Los Cabos, Mexico, June 20, 2012
• Alternative Fuel and Advanced Vehicle Technology Incentives: A Summary of Federal Programs (pdf/460kb), CRS Report for Congress, Congressional Research Service/Library of Congress, June 12, 2012
• U.S. Energy: Overview and Key Statistics (pdf/464kb), CRS Report for Congress, Congressional Research Service/Library of Congress, April 11, 2012
• The Global Climate Change Initiative (GCCI): Budget Authority and Request, FY2010-FY2013 (pdf/333kb), CRS Report for Congress, Congressional Research Service/Library of Congress, March 15, 2012
• The Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future: Progress Report (pdf/1029kb), The White House, March 12, 2012
• Remarks at the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Initiative, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, Washington, D.C., February 16, 2012
• The Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants, Fact Sheet, Office of the Spokesperson/U.S. Department of State, February 16, 2012
• Annual Energy Outlook 2012 Early Release, Energy Information Administration/U.S. Department of Energy, January 23, 2012
• Deforestation and Greenhouse Gases (pdf/2253kb), Congressional Budget Office, January 2012
• International Climate Change Financing: The Green Climate Fund (GCF) (pdf/282kb), CRS Report for Congress, Congressional Research Service/Library of Congress, December 12, 2011
• U.S. Statement at COP17, Remarks by Todd Stern, Special Envoy for Climate Change, Durban, South Africa, December 8, 2011