Conservation

Clean Energy Economy Generates Significant Job Growth

With legislators moving toward a powerful new statement on the future primacy of clean energy practices, the American job market appears to be following suit. According to a report by … Read more

Federal Global Warming Report to Be Released

The U.S. Global Change Research Program is set to release a comprehensive report today on the impact of global warming in the United States. The report culls the best available … Read more

Momentum Continues: Boxer Plans Senate Cap-and-Trade Markup Before August Recess

As progress continues on the American Clean Energy & Security Act in the House, the Senate is preparing to review related global warming legislation before the August recess.  Senate Environment … Read more

Go In-Depth on ACES

The National Wildlife Federation has just released a great new fact sheet on the American Clean Energy & Security Act! It details all the new resources that ACES would add … Read more

Let’s Go Slow on Oil Shale

Underneath a 1,300 square mile area along the T-shaped border of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming lies more estimated oil–in the form of oil shale–than all the oil in of Saudi … Read more

New Clean Energy Ad: “Do Right”

Midwestern Governors Support Greenhouse Emissions Accord

An advisory group appointed by Midwestern governors  released its recommendations Monday on a policy to limit greenhouse gas emissions in the region. The group—comprised of Midwestern utilities, oil companies, manufacturers, … Read more

Wood As The New Coal: Some Countries Implementing New Process

As the nation moves toward a clean energy future, wood is becoming a hot commodity. Power companies are burning more trees , Bloomberg reports, because the renewable fuel can be … Read more

Climate and Energy Bill: June Momentum in Congress

Action on the American Clean Energy & Security Act is heating up as Congress returned from recess and got busy with talks among the leadership.  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has … Read more

Principals for Change Roll Into DC

Here’s a guest post from NWF communications intern Max Greenberg! Just a couple of weeks after Rolling Thunder roared through Washington, a very different kind of ride hit town. Not … Read more