Every New Yorker has the right to clean air, safe drinking water and healthy communities to raise their children -- and you can rest assured that I will aggressively protect that right, not just on Earth Day, but every day.

Students pose for the photo with a globe during a campaign to mark the World Earth Day in a middle school in Dexing, Jiangxi province April 19, 2011. Credit: Reuters/China Daily Chat about this story w/ Talkita

It was the collaboration of Republicans and Democrats, business and labor, farmers, and city dwellers, and education from colleges and universities that helped translate the first Earth Day into meaningful public policy. We now need this again.

In Newton, Iowa, President Obama ...

What a difference a year makes. Today on April 22nd 2009 the United States can celebrate Earth Day without being red in the face. The new Obama administration is pushing for a climate change bill in Congress. Quite a difference with George W. Bush's early denial of the existence of climate ...