Green Legislation and Politics

NATIONAL LEGISLATION

Energy and Climate Change Legislation

• Senate
  • The American Power Act
  • Senator Kerry's Explanation on Huffington Post
• House
  • The American Clean Energy and Security Act HR 2454
• Reports, Commentary
  • Congressional Research Service (CRS) Briefs
  • Global Climate Network
  • Federal Climate Change Programs: Funding History and Policy Issues, Congressional Budget Office, March 2010
• Polling
  • Rasmussen Energy Update - Monthly Data
  • Pew Research Center for People and the Press

Public Transit Financial Support

Public Transit Preservation Act of 2010 (S3412; HR5418)

• Authorizes $2 billion in funds for emergency transit operating assistance.

Transit Operating Assistance (S3189; HR 2746)

• Allows a portion of federal captial grants to be used for operations.

NATIONAL POLITICS

Congressional Voting Records and Endorsements

• League of Conservation Voters

STATE LEGISLATION

• Pew Center on Global Climate Change
  State and regional climate policies, including the development of regional greenhouse gas reduction markets, the creation of state and local climate action and adaptation plans, and increasing renewable energy generation.

INTERNATIONAL

Climate Change Treaty

• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 
• International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) - Climate Change Website
  • Report on Trade Union Activities at the Copenhagen Climate Change Meeting, December 2009
  • Report from Bonn Talks, April 2010
• Global Unions - Getting the World to Work: Green Growth for Jobs and Social Justice 
• Public Services International (PSI) and Climate Change
  • Quality Public Services Key to Climate Change Challenge
• SustainLabor: International Labor Federation for Sustainable Development