Political leaders will only undertake bold climate initiatives if they know the American people want it.

Americans have made it clear we want to build a more sustainable future. I am excited to harness that energy and see what we can create together.

At least 3,527 U.S. monthly records for heat, rain, and snow were broken in 2012. We can't let this continue unchecked, and we don't have to.

Climate change has the potential to affect everything we care about - whether it is the health of our families, the stability of our communities, or the fate of the wild animals.

House Republican leaders voted more than 300 times to undermine environmental safeguards since 2011, but almost none of these measures became law because Americans pushed back.

Write to your newspaper. Call your Member of Congress. Email President Obama. Speak out for a cleaner, more stable future for all of us.

Political leaders will only undertake bold climate initiatives if they know the American people want it.