Climate Bill: Clean Energy, National Security
Climate Bill: Clean Energy, National Security
The House-passed climate bill:
- Caps and reduces global warming pollution
- Creates jobs in the U.S.
- Cuts U.S. imports of foreign oil
- Improves national security
- Leads other countries to act
- Uses the most effective tool - a cap on carbon
Video: Obama on historic American Clean Energy and Security Act.
Cold, hard facts to clear the hot air
False claims by opponents of climate action abound. We cannot afford the status quo of continued global warming, unemployment and energy dependence.
Don't be fooled. Get the facts.
- A carbon cap is affordable—and guarantees that carbon emissions go down, a carbon tax does not.
- Jobs will be created through the bill's investment in American innovation in clean energy.
- About a dime a day. That's how much it will cost to create jobs, end oil dependence and stop climate change.
Capping carbon is the best policy to reduce emissions
Capping carbon uses a proven tool for reducing pollution at less cost than traditional government regulation.
- Video: How a cap worked to cut acid rain pollution.
- Infographic: How a cap creates jobs through investment in clean energy.
- Infographic: How a cap keeps your utility bills affordable while cutting pollution.
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