[…] “You might say social entrepreneurs are those who form an organization whose product is social impact,” he told America.gov in a recent interview. For ACORE, that means driving innovation and financing toward wind, solar, biomass and geothermal energy resources instead of fossil fuels. ACORE is a Washington-based umbrella organization that brings together businesses, professionals and nonprofit organizations that are concerned about the environment and want to bring renewable energy into the mainstream.

[…] The EPA, which began operation on December 2, 1970, conducts environmental assessments, research and educational programs. It also has set national standards under a variety of environmental laws and enforces them through fines, sanctions and even criminal penalties. The agency works in consultation with state, tribal and local governments, to which it delegates some responsibility for issuing permits.

[…] According to Daniel Rider in Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR), more than 400 landowners are participating in the state’s cost-share programs that provide financial compensation and tax benefits to individuals who work with environmental experts to implement land use proposals designed to increase the health of the ecosystem and provide sanctuary for wildlife.

[…] Tomorrow represents -- representatives of the world's major economies will gather in Paris to discuss climate change. Here in Washington, the debate about climate change is intensifying. Today, I'll share some views on this important issue to advance discussions both at home and abroad. Climate change involves complicated science and generates vigorous debate. Many are concerned about the effect of climate change on our environment. Many are concerned about the effect of climate change policies on our economy. I share these concerns, and I believe they can be sensibly reconciled.

[…] President Bush is calling for a technology-based policy to slow greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming. His remarks came on the eve of the Paris “Major Economies Meeting,” April 18-20 where 16 leading nations will discuss solutions to climate change. The meetings were initiated by Bush in September 2007 to stimulate international cooperation. “Today, I am announcing a new national goal: to stop the growth of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2025,” he said.

[…] Today, President Bush announced a new national goal to stop the growth in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2025. This new goal marks a major step forward in America's ongoing efforts to address climate change.

If we fully implement our strong new laws, adhere to the principles the President outlined, and adopt appropriate incentives, we will put the United States on an ambitious new track for greenhouse gas reductions.

[…] Earth Day, April 22, is the annual U.S. celebration of the environment and a time for Americans to assess the work still needed to protect the natural gifts of our planet. Earth Day has no central organizing force behind it, though several nongovernmental organizations work to keep track of the thousands of local events in schools and parks that mark the day. It affirms that environmental awareness is part of the country's consciousness and that the idea of protecting the environment

[…] As the Earth warms, snow and ice melts and sea levels rise, the effects of climate change threaten more than the physical environment. Unless warming trends are controlled, people throughout the world will face more injury, disease and death related to an increase in natural disasters and heat waves. People will experience higher rates of illnesses transmitted by food, water or vectors (insects or animals). Some will contract, and perhaps die from, diseases related to rising concentrations of air pollution.

[…] During the wave of environmental investing in the 1980s and early 1990s, investors focused on the risks to their businesses, based on past environment-related activities. Today, investors consider future environmental risks, particularly those related to climate change. Climate change has emerged as the single largest concern for investors, because it affects all other issues, such as fresh water use and shortage, destruction of animal habitats, and air pollution.

[…] Throughout the world, the prevalence of some diseases and other threats to human health depends substantially on local climate, public health services, and other socioeconomic factors, and may be affected by climate change. The United States is collaborating with international partners in a broad range of activities designed to better understand climate and its implications for human health and to build resilience to climate variability and change.

[…] Countries around the world are working to improve their transportation, manufacturing and energy infrastructure to benefit from the growth of the global economy. Economic growth provides jobs, prosperity, improved health care and better education. But as economies grow, they may also require more energy. The U.S. economy is powered by a wide array of energy sources: coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear, and renewable energies such as wind, solar and biofuels.

[…] My job, as the President of the country, is to put pro-growth policies in place. But we're dependent upon oil, and so as our economy grows, it's going to create more demand for oil -- same with China, same with India, same with other growing countries.
It should be obvious to you all that the demand is outstripping supply, which causes prices to go up. And it's making it harder here in America for working families to save, and for farmers to be prosperous, and for small businesses to grow.

[…] President Bush spoke to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference and discussed the importance of renewable and alternative energy technologies to increasing America's energy security and addressing the long-term challenge of global climate change.

[…] At the three-day Washington International Conference on Renewable Energy (WIREC), participants from public, corporate and private sectors repeatedly stressed the importance of quickly harnessing the earth’s sustainable natural resources for energy.

[…] Policymakers worldwide must use tested solutions more aggressively to develop and boost the adoption of renewable energy technologies, a report prepared by the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership says. The report's main conclusions, based on consultations with government officials and business and nongovernmental groups around the world, were delivered to participants from more than 80 countries attending the March 3-6 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC).

[…] Hydrogen is the most versatile of renewable energy resources -- a universal fuel that can be burned in an engine or integrated into a fuel cell to power vehicles, buildings and homes, utility power plants and anything else that uses electrical energy.

When burned in an engine, hydrogen is about 30 percent more efficient than gasoline. When a fuel cell is used to power a vehicle, the fuel cell is 100 percent to 200 percent more efficient than gasoline. Hydrogen engines do not emit carbon dioxide, and the only byproduct of fuel cells is clean water.

[…] In 1978, President Jimmy Carter stood on South Table Mountain in Colorado and detailed his plans to create a national Solar Energy Research Institute. In 1991, it was designated a national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and was renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Along with solar and biomass/biofuels, NREL scientists work on advanced vehicles and fuels, basic sciences, energy-efficient buildings, computational science, electric infrastructure systems, energy analysis, geothermal, hydrogen and fuel cells, renewable resource maps and data, and wind energy.

[…] For four days beginning March 3, leaders from international governments, businesses and nongovernmental organizations will convene for the 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) hosted by the United States government in cooperation with the American Council on Renewable Energy.

[…] The United States, with its partners around the Pacific Rim, launched the Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate in July 2005. Next, we’re joined by industry and policy experts to explore how the partnership works… The Asia Pacific Partnership, or APP, is truly a partnership in every sense. Companies from all participating nations work alongside governments on eight task forces. For the companies, sustainability is the new reality, and is quickly defining business strategy.

[…] The production tax credit is a federal tax credit created in 1992 to encourage large-scale wind-energy production.
Congress has let the credit expire three times over 10 years, Swisher said, creating a disincentive for U.S. and international companies to invest in the U.S. wind-power manufacturing sector.
AWEA, he added, “is seeking as long an extension as possible for the tax credit, but at least five years and ideally 10 or longer.”

[…] Renewable energy technologies play an important role in the U.S. Government’s strategy to respond to the challenges of climate change, energy security and local air pollution. Now, more than ever, nations fully recognize the imperative to promote wide spread adoption of renewable energy such as biomass, biofuels, wind, solar, geothermal, and hydro energies into their country’s energy sources to promote sustained economic growth, social development and environmental stewardship.

[…] Many hail biofuels, an important subset of biomass, as clean, renewable alternatives to fossil fuels for transportation. Others say biofuels, like ethanol from corn, compromise world cropland and food availability, and that nonfood technology fixes for such problems are too many years in the future. Biomass, defined as any organic material, includes sawmill waste, forest thinnings, agricultural byproducts, animal and human waste, the organic components of municipal and industrial waste and much more.

[…] As an overarching matter, the United States considers that the “agreed outcome” needs to be one that is environmentally effective, economically sustainable, and furthers sustainable development. Achieving these objectives will be a challenge. As just one example, environmental effectiveness requires national undertakings and review mechanisms that must strike a balance in that they must be serious and ambitious but not too onerous or unrealistic such they deter the participation of critical countries.

[…] Combining solar and wind data from many different measuring instruments and techniques into a standard product was another goal, Radka said. Part of the reason SWERA appealed to UNEP, he added, was that it gave the organization “a chance to bring together different schools of thought on how one uses satellite-derived information mainly collected for weather purposes, and come up with a consistent way of using it, even if the satellites are different.”

[…] From 2005-2007, the Bush Administration committed nearly $40 million to support trade-related environmental initiatives in Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) countries.
These activities will strengthen institutions for more effective implementation and enforcement of environmental laws and promote biodiversity and conservation, market-based conservation, and private-sector environmental performance.