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“Our focus is to ensure that there is a strong science and policy basis for our environmental policy, to move the nation to greater reliance on clean energy and increase energy security, to combat global warming while growing the green economy, to protect public health and the environment, especially in vulnerable communities, and to protect and restore our great ecosystems.”
– Chair Nancy Sutley
The Obama Administration releases the first-ever comprehensive Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Inventory for the Federal Government, which accounts for the GHG emissions associated with the Federal Government's operations in 2010.
The Obama Administration releases a national clean water framework that affirms the Administration’s comprehensive commitment to ensuring clean water and healthy waterways for American families, American communities, and the American economy.
The Green Ribbon Schools program recognizes schools that are creating healthy and sustainable learning environments - both inside and outside the classroom, teaching environmental literacy, and increasing environmental health by reducing their environmental footprint.
CEQ Chair Sutley joins EPA Administrator Jackson and Alexander Cousteau to celebrate Earth Day at the National Zoo, and to learn about a new sustainably designed habitat for some of the zoo's most popular residents, the Asian elephants.
Nancy Sutley and Heather Zichal, two of President Obama's top energy and environment advisers, answered your questions about going green this Earth Day.
Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, discusses the conservation efforts she participated in with residents of Los Angeles, California.