President Obama's accomplishments on the ENVIRONMENT in his first 100 days:

• Worked with Congress to pass the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, a $787 billion economic stimulus package that includes nearly $100 billion in green spending to help get the economy back on track and to create millions of clean-energy jobs.

• Outlined a "clean energy" vision for America.

• Appointed an outstanding “green team” of top advisors, federal officials and cabinet secretaries.

• Sent Congress a proposed budget that makes clean energy and the environment top priorities and includes funding for energy and environmental programs throughout the federal government.

• Declared carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases a threat to public health and welfare, setting the stage for regulating greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming if Congress fails to pass legislation to address the issue.

• Protected more than 2 million acres of wilderness land and several rivers with the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009..

• Re-established the United States as a leader in international climate negotiations.

• Restored critical protections under the Endangered Species Act, which had been removed by a last-minute rule change in the final days of the Bush administration.

• Ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider its decision to deny California a waiver under the Clean Air Act, which would have enabled California and 17 other states to impose stricter-than-federal limits on greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles.

• Reversed the Bush rule that opened the door to mountaintop removal coal mining and canceled several individual mountaintop mining permits.

• Put offshore drilling and oil shale exploration on hold and restored protections for public lands.

• Announced a new initiative to lease U.S. coastal waters for the purpose of generating electricity from wind and ocean currents.

• Repeatedly reaffirmed science and the rule of law as the standards by which federal environmental decisions shall be made.