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New Fuel Efficiency Rules: Consumer Savings and Progress Against Pollution

,  |  Jul 28, 2011

A major announcement on fuel efficiency is expected in Washington, DC on Friday morning: The Obama administration and major auto manufacturers have reached a deal to raise fuel efficiency standards … Read more

Highway to Hell and the Roads Along the Way (Part 2 of 2)

 |  Mar 29, 2011

For those who do not live close enough to the tar sands to see the immediate impacts, the tar sands still have an effect on you. How? The tar sands present a major source of pollution Read more

From Theory to Practice: Integrating Equity in Smart Growth

, ,  |  Mar 7, 2011

The 10th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference (www.newpartners.org) held in Charlotte in February was a testament to the importance and urgency of placing equity and inclusion at the … Read more

Climate Change Was Costly in 2010

 |  Mar 4, 2011

Climate change impacts our cities, natural resources and wildlife. It can be daunting, however, to calculate the exact impact climate change has on our wallets. A new report by insurance … Read more

EPA Holds Clean Air Act Listening Sessions

, ,  |  Feb 15, 2011

The National Wildlife Federation was one of several groups testifing yesterday in support of the Environmental Protection Agency taking reasonable action to reduce carbon pollution. The “listening session” is one … Read more

Automotive Xprize–still more super-efficient vehicles are here today

,  |  Sep 17, 2010

This post was written by Zoe Lipman, Senior Analyst of Climate and Energy Policy for National Wildlife Federation. Yesterday on the lawn of the DC Historical Society, the Xprize foundation … Read more

Freshman Senators Buck Old Guard, Call for Strong Climate Action

 |  Jul 16, 2010

The new blood in the Senate wants comprehensive climate action. Freshman Democrats wrote the majority leader today saying that “America’s current energy policy is untenable,”  and that the “scale of … Read more

National Academies Report Warns of Climate Emissions Crisis

 |  Jul 16, 2010

This post was written by NWF climate scientist Dr. Amanda Staudt. As the US Senate prepares to consider clean energy and climate legislation, a new report lays out in novel … Read more

Global Warming Emissions to Rise this Year

 |  Jul 7, 2010

You might think that with all of the effort to jump start the clean energy economy and in the midst of an economic slow down that the U.S. would be … Read more

Global Warming? 97% of Experts Agreee

 |  Jun 30, 2010

A new National Academy of Sciences study finds 97 percent of the climate scientists agree that global warming is driven mainly by human activity – emissions of carbon dioxide and … Read more