The air quality in some of our most beautiful spaces is threatened by pollution from Minnesota’s coal-fired power plants and taconite iron ore processing facilities. And even though the Clean Air Act requires it, the parks may soon lack protection under Minnesota law.

The United States has a pollution problem. Nearly 37 million American children live in places with unhealthy, polluted air. Pollution-related illnesses are on the rise. Smokestacks continue to dump massive quantities of pollutants that cause disease and death.

We applaud Senator Amy Klobuchar’s February 9 floor speech that championed clean energy and smart policy. Now it’s your turn.

On February 9, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D – Minnesota) addressed one of her top priorities in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate, “…the critical need to get serious about building a new energy agenda for America, one that keeps our businesses competitive in the global economy, preserves our environment and restarts the engine that has always kept our country moving forward, that is innovation.”

It’s never too early to teach the next generation about our how our energy system works.

Across the country, TV meteorologists are denying climate change, and guess what? They’re often the main source of climate information for average Americans.

Today, the Environmental Protection Agency released a new tool that gives you access to detailed information on the country’s biggest carbon polluters.

1.17.2011 // You’re invited to a presentation and audience conversation with EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson as she discusses the role of science in decision making, protecting our health, promoting a healthy economy, as well as recent challenges to environmental laws.

More and more Christians believe that concern for climate change is inferred by their faith, since it is a natural outgrowth of caring for the environment and the world’s poor.

As of January 5, we’ll be a full 5.1 million kilometers closer to the Sun than we were last July. So does this close proximity have anything to do with global warming (and our snow-scarce winter so far)?