Council on Environmental Quality Blog

This blog introduces readers to Alexandra Allred, the mother of 11-year old Tommy Allred who suffers from chronic asthma. The Allreds live in a city with poor air quality polluted by local cement plants, which affects Tommy’s asthma. Read about their journey to Washington, DC and how the Obama Administration is working to protect future generations by putting in place standards that will ensure clean, healthy air for all Americans.

CEQ Chair Nancy Sutley travels to Mobile, Alabama to participate in the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force public meeting and discuss the Administration's work to protect and restore the Gulf Coast.

The Obama Administration releases a national clean water framework that affirms the Administration’s comprehensive commitment to ensuring clean water and healthy waterways for American families, American communities, and the American economy.

CEQ Chair Sutley joins EPA Administrator Jackson and Alexander Cousteau to celebrate Earth Day at the National Zoo, and to learn about a new sustainably designed habitat for some of the zoo's most popular residents, the Asian elephants.

Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, discusses the conservation efforts she participated in with residents of Los Angeles, California.

Chair Sutley participated in a ground breaking ceremony at the NIST campus in Gaithersburg, MD, where she celebrated three new research facilities that promote cutting-edge science, technology and clean energy research.

Chair Sutley joined Congressman Sarbanes and Baltimore Mayor Rawlings-Blake to visit students at the Living Classrooms Foundation's East Harbor Campus and hear what they are learning from the environment around them.

CEQ Chair Nancy Sutley and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson take your questions about the America's Great Outdoors initiative to achieve lasting conservation strategies for America's outdoor spaces.

President Obama rang in the New Year by signing a number of bills into law that will protect environmental and public health, and help rebuild our economy on a stronger foundation.

The Obama Administration releases the 2011 Asian Carp Control Strategy to protect our Great Lakes from Asian carp.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Nancy Sutley, the Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, host a live chat to answer questions about the Obama Administration’s work to create a healthy and sustainable environment for all Americans.

White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley participates in the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Jack Shapiro, CEQ Deputy Associate Director for Policy Outreach, experiences the Anacostia River by canoe.

White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley travels west to participate in events focused on building a strong and sustainable clean energy economy for America.