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New Report: Failed Energy Policies Cost Americans $120 Billion a Year

 |  Oct 22, 2009

“Energy and climate-change legislation winding through Congress might make economic sense even if you don’t believe for a second in climate change.” The words of some treehugging liberal? Not exactly. … Read more

New Poll: Americans Demand Clean Energy Now

 |  Aug 28, 2009

Could America’s call for a new direction in energy policy be any more clear? After a year and a half of being hit from all sides with Big Oil’s multimillion-dollar … Read more

Big Oil Funding Anti-ACES Protests

 |  Aug 12, 2009

Polluters have already spent more than $100 million dollars trying to kill comprehensive climate and energy legislation. That money has wound up funding everything from misleading TV ads to forged … Read more

5 Facts on Big Oil’s Campaign Against a Clean Energy Recovery

 |  Mar 31, 2009

President Obama has asked Congress to deliver comprehensive energy legislation that invests in clean energy, creates millions of green jobs, cuts our dependence on dirty fossil fuels, and holds energy … Read more

For People and Wildlife, There’s Only One Answer to Secure Our Energy Future

 |  Sep 14, 2008

In the coming days, Congress begins voting on a new set of energy bills that if passed will be detrimental for wildlife and the natural resources we all depend on. … Read more

CRA Climate Analysis: “Extreme Again”

 |  Mar 19, 2008

The national Chamber of Commerce and the American Council for Capital Formation are holding events in select states using biased, polluter-funded “analysis” of climate legislation to discourage Congress from moving … Read more

Global Warming: Yes We Can Solve It

 |  Mar 3, 2008

Talking to speakers here at the Heartland Institute’s “2008 International Conference on Climate Change,” I’m finding they’re loosely sorted into three categories based on their views: Those who say global … Read more

NWF’s Take on America’s Climate Security Act of 2007

 |  Nov 2, 2007

There has been some confusion lately over where the environmental community stands on America’s Climate Security Act of 2007. To clarify, here are two letters which should provide a better … Read more

Oily Math

 |  Aug 30, 2005

Drilling backers claim that deciding the fate of the Arctic Refuge as part of the massive federal budget bill is appropriate, in part, because leasing the area will generate new … Read more

It’s About…Well, Everything

 |  Aug 26, 2005

I’ve always believed there’s no such thing as just an “environmental” issue – if it’s about protecting the environment, chances are, it’s also about protecting someone’s health, way of life, … Read more