Cleanenergy

There are lots of good reasons to pass the climate bill, like reducing global warming and boosting the economy. But a lesser known reason is that it will also bolster our nation's security.

Let's all remember that America is a nation built on the foundation of freedom, independence and self-sufficiency -- and those values must be at the heart of our strategy for energy policy.

America can benefit greatly from significant energy investments in clean energy-if we are smart.

Sure, the oil industry talks a good game about how we need "all of the above" but Exxon Mobil makes its record profits by selling one of the above: oil from Saudi Arabia.

Today a new president and a new congress face an economy in crisis, a planet in peril, and an outdated energy infrastructure that cannot meet the demand for the future.