As the U.S. Senate takes up the American Clean Energy and Security Act, a bill to clamp down on global warming pollution, higher education leaders are advocating that the bill help to fund education for a green energy economy.  If passed, the bill will create revenue by capping pollution and then allowing polluters to trade rights to produce the remaining emissions.  Education leaders are calling for $1 billion of that revenue to be used to fund clean energy education, environmental literacy and sustainability. Recently, college presidents have circulated a letter urging the Senate to spend $1 billion on clean energy education efforts.  Over 100 institutions have signed on to the letter, including Oberlin College and Arizona State University. Read a copy of the letter here.

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