Council on Environmental Quality Blog

Jess Maher, Associate Director for Legislative Affairs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, travels to Iowa to learn about partnership-based efforts to support natural resource conservation.

At the first annual GreenGov Symposium today, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley announced plans to install solar panels on the roof of the White House Residence.

White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson celebrated National Public Land Day by joining D.C. volunteers to help preserve the Aquatic Gardens at Kenilworth Park.

Last week, Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, traveled to California for meetings and events focused on the new National Ocean Policy and the California Bay Delta.

The Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality traveled to Louisiana to view relief work following the Deepwater oil spill and discuss long-term Gulf Coast restoration and recovery.

At the White House Clean Energy Economy Forum on Sustainable Buildings, CEQ Chair Nancy Sutley, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, GSA Administrator Martha Johnson, and HUD Deputy Secretary Ron Sims joined more than 120 leaders in the commercial building community to talk about Federal leadership in sustainable building.

Last week, Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, joined other senior Administration officials in locations across California to hear Californians ideas for the America's Great Outdoors Initiative.

The Federal Environmental Executive invites Federal employees to nominate candidates for the 2010 GreenGov Presidential Awards.

The Department of Energy is working to give consumers access to additional information about their home's energy use and associated cost.

Gary Guzy, Deputy Director and General Counsel at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, reflects on the bike ride to work on “National Ride Your Bike to Work Day” as an example of the little choices we make in our homes and communities that can add up to a big difference for our own health and the health of our planet.

Jon Carson, Chief of Staff at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, goes fishing to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day.

In honor of the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, Nancy Sutley discusses the importance of protecting the environment now and for future generations.

I recently unveiled a series of magnificent murals that highlights the legacy of two of the greatest figures in U.S. Department of the Interior's history.

CEQ Chair Nancy Sutley talks about President Obama's announcement that the Federal government would reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 28 percent by 2020.