Environmental Protection in Congress The landscape of the Earth is constantly undergoing change. Whether due to natural disasters or human colonization of new areas, the planet we view through our eyes experiences a constant metamorphosis. However, the most drastic change may be one not visible to human eyes. Global warming, also known as the rapid acceleration of climate change through increasing global temperatures, has been an environmental issue since it was first predicted in 1970s by Stephen Schneider, while studying the effect of greenhouse gases and suspended particulate material on the climate for NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies for his post doctorate research. His article, “Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Aerosols: Effects of Large Increases on Global Climate”, was featured in the New York Times because of the consequences he listed in his paper, drawing national attention to the subject. However, despite the evidence compiled in his findings and those of various scientific research institutes such as the National Academy of Sciences of the United States and the Royal Society of Britain, global warming remains an issue that continues to be debated. In this paper, I will examine H.R. 1380: New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2011, a bill in the House of Representatives, to determine the fundamental issues it hopes to solve, its origins, and the chances of enactment. H.R. 1380 is a bill that faces considerable hardships due to the fact that it faces a pluralist society, a majoritarian Congress, and is highly controversial. H.R. 1380: New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2011 seeks to decrease the effects of human pollution on the environment by amending the internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage investment and job creation in the alternative energy industry. H.R. 1380 would