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Environmental and energy issues became one of the central issues of the 2008 U.S. presidential election. While the economy itself took center stage, energy issues were right behind it, being pushed by the insufferable chant of “Drill baby drill.” In the four years that have followed, the U.S. has seen a boom in hydraulic fracturing (fracking), the worst oil spill in our history, skyrocketing (and then plummeting) gas prices, a disastrous oil pipeline plan that threatens the safety of our aquifers, and a Republican-led assault on environmental safety standards.

Government financing and new tax incentives are part of a new plan that President Obama announced today to make buildings more energy efficient. The plan is seen as a way to encourage job growth in addition to reducing energy costs.

For decades the World Bank has been working to help poor and developing nations to meet the needs of their countrymen, which includes increasing access of electricity to the 1.4 billion people across the globe who currently go without.

In a little-noticed address at this year’s Clinton Global Initiative, former U.S. President Bill Clinton addressed the issue of climate change stating that natural disasters across the globe will increase in frequency and intensity as climate change takes effect.

In 2006, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32) – one of the first and most comprehensive climate change laws passed in America. But today, a new measure to appear on California’s ballot in November seeks to remove the protections put in place four years ago.

President Obama has signed a bill which will reduce the amount of federal funding offered to renewable energy.

According to a new report released this week by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the American Power Act, if passed, would reduce the federal deficit by as much as $19 billion over the next decade.

At a time when most Americans are still weary about the U.S. economy, studies from various different institutions show that the American Power Act (APA) will help improve almost all sectors of the economy.

The American Power Act, unveiled by Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman less than a month ago, is already fighting for its political life.

At a time when unemployment rates are still at record highs, a new report shows that The American Power Act in its current form could create as many as 200,000 new jobs in America.