Environment

 This is a critical week in our nation’s fight to pass comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation, and Missourians must demand swift and bold action from our elected representatives.

Last summer, the House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), which was admirable for its establishment of an economy-wide cap on carbon dioxide emissions and provisions for job creation across the manufacturing, transportation, research and development, and weatherization sectors. 

Next Saturday (March 28th) from 8:30-9:30pm, thousands of communities and millions of people from around the globe will join together to send leaders a powerful message about global warming.  It's a pretty simple concept -- by simply turning off your lights for an hour, you can participate in a "global election between Earth and global warming."