Conservation

Highlight of the Week: EIA Analysis Finds Cost of Energy Bill Low

 |  Aug 13, 2009

A new government study comes to the same conclusion as most others: clean energy legislation would cost little for the average consumer. According to the Energy Information Administration, the nation's foremost … Read more

Economic Message of the Week: Businesses Support Clean Energy Job Bill

 |  Aug 13, 2009

A group of 150 trade associations and manufacturers is backing a piece of legislation it says will increase the number of green manufacturing jobs in the U.S. The Apollo Alliance, a … Read more

Electric Car is Game-Changer on Road

 |  Aug 13, 2009

The Chevy Volt, GM’s much anticipated foray into the electric car market, was officially announced Monday. According to company representatives, the car will get 230 miles per gallon in the … Read more

Gov. Paterson Sets NY Emissions Goals

 |  Aug 13, 2009

New York Governor David A. Paterson signed an executive order establishing an 80 percent emissions reduction goal by the year 2050. Gov. Paterson stressed the importance of curbing harmful emissions as … 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

New Poll: 71% Back Climate Bill

 |  Aug 11, 2009

A new Zogby International poll released today shows seven in ten likely voters favor the American Clean Energy and Security (ACES) Act, the comprehensive climate and clean energy bill that … Read more

Dirty Politics for Dirty Fuels

 |  Aug 8, 2009

(as published in National Wildlife Federation’s National Wildlife, Aug/Sept. 2009) Many of you wrote letters and placed phone calls to your members of Congress in support of the American Clean … Read more

How Does The “Cloud Ship” Idea Strike You?

 |  Aug 8, 2009

A new climate change-fighting idea being “floated” in the “global engineering” realm is to build a fleet of ships that pushes sea water into the sky to make reflective white … Read more

Polluter Front Group Lies About Big Oil Funding

 |  Aug 7, 2009

Tim Phillips, the president of Americans for Prosperity, was a guest on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow show last night. AFP has spent years fighting against clean energy and climate action, working … Read more

Reno 911! Global Warming Threatens Biggest Little City in the World

 |  Aug 7, 2009

Could the short-shorts so infamously worn by a character on Comedy Central’s Reno 911! ever be appropriate? What if average temperatures rise 11 degrees in the lifetime of a child … Read more