The Center for Environment, Commerce and Energy( Center ) is a private, public interest group focusing on environmental issues. Its stated aims include protecting the environment, enhancing human, animal and plant ecologies, promoting the efficient use of natural resources and increasing participation in the environmental movement.

The African American Environmentalist Association( AAEA ) is the outreach arm of the Center.

The Center describes itself as "aggressively non-partisan". It has supported Republican

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 policy positions, and particularly those of President George W. Bush on such issues as stem cell research and nuclear power

Nuclear power

Nuclear power is the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity. Nuclear power plants provide about 6% of the world's energy and 13–14% of the world's electricity, with the U.S., France, and Japan together accounting for about 50% of nuclear generated electricity...

, but has also expressed support for Democrats including Joseph Lieberman.

The Center is listed as a member of the Nuclear Fuels Reprocessing Coalition and Norris McDonald is its Co-Chairman. AAEA is listed as a member of the New York Affordable Reliable Electricity Alliance. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=African_American_Environmentalist_Association AAEA maintains the Environmental Justice Blog http://environmentaljusticeblog.blogspot.com

External links

• Center for Environment, Commerce & Energy http://cenvironment.blogspot.com

• African American Environmentalist Association http://aaenvironment.blogspot.com