Environment+-+Edwards

==**"Global warming is a crisis. We need a president of the United States who won't just deliver that message to a friendly audience, we need a president who will be straight with the American people about the challenges and the opportunities that all of us face when it comes to global warming."**== -- Edwards

Edwards would launch a cap-and-trade program in 2010 to bring emissions down 15 percent by 2020, as a first step towards the 2050 goal of lowering emissions to 80 percent. He is purchasing recycled-paper office products, and encouraging staff to walk to work and take other energy-saving measures. Proposes a $13-billion-a-year New Energy Economy Fund that would supply renewable energy, efficiency, carbon-capture technology, and cleaner cars. This will also help entrepreneurs start new, cleaner businesses and encourage Americans to buy more-efficient appliances and save energy. Edwards opposes nuclear power and government investment in coal-to-liquid technologies.