The Project

 

Global warming is the biggest issue looming in our future. The key to meeting this challenge is strong national leadership. The 2008 presidential nomination process is an opportunity to cultivate that leadership.
This election will be the most wide-open in nearly eighty years, with more than a dozen candidates vying for the nominations. The leadership of these candidates will determine the legacy we leave our children.
The goal of The Heat Is On is to raise the debate on global warming and make it a priority issue during the presidential primaries.
  • Voters. We will educate and organize concerned citizens in early caucus and primary states. With organizers in each state, we will recruit hundreds of volunteers to place global warming at the forefront of the political debate.
  • Donors. Working with concerned political donors, we will elevate global warming in the "wealth primary." We will coordinate a network of hundreds of political donors who believe global warming is a top priority.
  • Reporters. We will educate and challenge the media to make this a top political issue, and sure that global warming is a central part of candidate stories, debates and interviews.
Click here to read the ten questions that every candidate needs to answer. 
To learn more about the project in different states, click on the highlighted states:

 


 

In addition to key state-level groups, solving global warming is a top priority for national environmental groups. Learn more about the work national environmental groups are doing to solve global warming:

Environmental Defense has launched a campaign that seeks to educate Americans about how quickly we must act, and give concrete steps that people can incorporate into their lives to fight global warming.

National Wildlife Federation, which inspires Americans to protect wildlife for our children's future, offers extensive information on global warming's effects and impact on wildlife.

Natural Resources Defense Council offers plain-language introductions to environmental issues, as well as reports, unpublished research, congressional testimony and other materials by NRDC's lawyers, scientists and analysts.

The Sierra Club is working to promote solutions to global warming, in part, through its Cool Cities campaign, which helps cities tackle global warming by pushing for smart energy solutions.

The Union of Concerned Scientists combines independent scientific research and citizen action to develop innovative, practical solutions and to secure responsible changes in government policy, corporate practices and consumer choices.

U.S. PIRG  works to reduce global warming pollution through its strong network of researchers, advocates, organizers and students in state capitols, population centers and college campuses across the country.

Greenpeace's Project Hot Seat (projecthotseat.org) is turning up the heat on Congress to take immediate action on global warming by embracing real measures to reduce emissions, making our cars farther on a gallon of gas, and investing in renewable energy sources like wind and solar.