Yet, despite our many advances, our environment is still threatened by a range of problems, including global climate change, energy dependence on unsustainable fossil fuels, and loss of biodiversity.

Drilling in ANWR fails to lower energy prices today and sets no long term energy strategy for tomorrow.

Local economies are suffering as people spend more on fuel and less on consumer goods and travel.

As the war on terror continues, Americans must honor the brave men and women who gave their lives for the protection of this nation and the hope of peace.

The undisturbed coastal plain is home to a wide variety of plants and animals and is the only wilderness sanctuary in North America that protects a complete range of the arctic ecosystem.

But cord blood also holds the great potential of producing pleural potential cells that could cure many other diseases such as juvenile diabetes, a disease that I live with every day.

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a unique and biologically special place that should be preserved.