It's been a great couple of months for all of us, and I'm extremely proud to share our progress via our summer newsletter.

First of all, you can read about our work to reclaim the EPA, and get Administrator Johnson to resign.

We have also highlighted a couple of the environmental heroes and zeros of the federal government.

Then, we had great success in our effort targeting the 2008 presidential candidates to double the gas mileage standard if elected.

I'm also excited to share our work on behalf of clean energy, and in particular calling on the candidates to pledge that all new energy needs be met with clean energy sources like wind and solar power.

And lastly, to learn what else you can do on behalf of the environment, check out our activist training corner.

So Mark Rey, architect of the Bush plan to sell off national forests to raise money for the federal budget, gets a letter in the mail:

"So what is the deal with cutting down the Croatan National Forest? How would you like it if we cut down some trees around your house?"

This from a sixth grader at the Broad Creek Middle School in Newport, North Carolina.

Mr. Rey's response? Flying south to talk to the class and to defend the plan to sell off national forests.

Today's New York Times covers the exchange. Suffice it to say, the students weren't impressed.