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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
What's New
- November 5, 2009 at 3:22 PM EST
Streaming at 3:30pm EST: Your GreenGov Ideas
Today, the Steering Committee on Federal Sustainability will hear about some of the top ideas submitted during the the GreenGov Challenge. Tune in to learn how we’re taking this bottom-up approach to greening government to the next level.
- November 4, 2009 at 3:29 PM EST
Turning your GreenGov Ideas into Action
Even though voting has ended, the GreenGov Challenge isn’t over. Learn how we're taking this bottom-up approach to greening government to the next level.
- October 29, 2009 at 9:10 AM EST
GreenGov Challenge: A Special Message from the Vice President
The GreenGov Challenge ends this Saturday at midnight. Watch this special message from Vice President Joe Biden and go to WhiteHouse.gov/GreenGov to share your ideas and vote on others before the deadline.
- October 28, 2009 at 12:03 PM EST
Federal Agencies Enter an Agreement Regarding Transmission Siting on Federal Lands
Today, Obama Administration officials released a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by nine Federal Departments and Agencies to make it faster and simpler to build transmission lines on Federal lands.
- October 26, 2009 at 3:27 PM EST
Humbled in the Wetlands: Ocean Policy Task Force in New Orleans
Nancy Sutley, Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, reports on the Ocean Policy Task Force's recent public meeting in New Orleans and its efforts to learn more about disappearing wetlands and how they affect the Gulf Coast's ability to defend itself against hurricanes.
- October 26, 2009 at 10:42 AM EST
Good ideas from good people; GreenGov Challenge rounds final turn with nearly 6,000 sustainability suggestions
Department of Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood, encourages federal and military personnel to visit WH.gov/GreenGov and submit clean energy ideas before the GreenGov Challenge comes to a close this Saturday, October 31st.
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