by David Sassoon -
Dec 6th, 2007 
This list is derived from the recommendations contained in the Presidential Climate Action Plan, released just yesterday. The 200-page report, designed to be a roadmap for climate policy during the first 100 days of the next president's term, recommends scores of policies, and illuminates how the next President can be the game-changer -- and life-saver -- on climate policy. Here's our extraction of the top 10 actions.
1. End federal subsidies for mature energy industries -- coal, oil, gas and nuclear.
Federal subsidies for energy alone totaled nearly $64 billion in 2003, mostly supporting the fossil and nuclear energy industries. The Congressional Budget Office reports that energy subsidies are growing by $2-$3 billion each year under the provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
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