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100 Business + Organizations Offer President Obama Recommendations for First Steps on Climate
Sustainable Energy Network, January 21, 2009
In a letter delivered to President Barack Obama on his first full day in office, 100 businesses and organizations - joined by 19 individual activists – outlined recommendations for administrative actions that the new White House can take immediately to address climate change: ** Direct the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to initiate a rulemaking under the Clean Air Act declaring that carbon dioxide emissions are endangering public health. ** Reverse the Bush Administration’s denial of a waiver for California of the Clean Cars Standard under the Clean Air Act and allow it to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from automobiles. ** Direct the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to raise fuel economy standards for cars, light trucks and SUVs to at least 45 miles per gallon over the next decade and a half. ** Direct that greenhouse gas emissions be considered whenever the federal government examines the environmental impact of its actions under the existing National Environmental Policy Act. ** Create a national carbon registry, requiring mandatory reporting of greenhouse gases. ** Begin to make the federal government a carbon-neutral enterprise.
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