“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

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    At the White House Clean Energy Economy Forum on Sustainable Buildings, CEQ Chair Nancy Sutley, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, GSA Administrator Martha Johnson, and HUD Deputy Secretary Ron Sims joined more than 120 leaders in the commercial building community to talk about Federal leadership in sustainable building.

  • Electric Drive Components Made in Vermont

    CEQ staff travel to Barre, Vermont, to tour SBE Inc., which received a $9.1 million Recovery Act grant to build a new electric drive component manufacturing facility.

  • Traveling Across California to Celebrate America's Great Outdoors

    Last week, Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, joined other senior Administration officials in locations across California to hear Californians ideas for the America's Great Outdoors Initiative.

  • Solar and Smart Grid: Powering a Clean Energy Future

    Nancy Sutely, Chair of the Council on Environmetal Quality, visits three Silicon Valley companines at the forefront of solar and smart-grid technology.

  • GreenGov: Leading by Example towards a Clean Energy Economy

    The Federal Environmental Executive invites Federal employees to nominate candidates for the 2010 GreenGov Presidential Awards.

  • Engaging with Young Leaders in America's Great Outdoors

    Amy Salzman, CEQ Associate Director for Policy Outreach, joined more than 500 young leaders in Central Park to focus on the best ways in involve young people in the President's America's Great Outdoors Initiative.

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