Issue Areas

Energy

High Gas Prices: Supply and Demand

With such a meager share of global oil, no amount of domestic drilling will make a dent in our dependence on foreign imports, despite what Big Oil would have us believe. The only way to take back control over our energy future is to move toward more efficient cars and trucks, cleaner fuels, and more transportation options for Americans.(Photo Credit: Jen Henry) Read more »

Renewable Energy for America

This guide for farmers and agricultural communities on the economic benefits of investment in renewable energy includes maps showing both existing renewable energy facilities and potential for development of renewable resources. (Photo Credit: David Frazier/Corbis) Read more »

Issue Paper

Better Viewing, Lower Energy Bills, and Less Pollution

American Wind Farms

Wind works. The growing U.S. wind industry is providing opportunities to American workers, companies, and communities, giving them the chance to prosper from truly clean, renewable energy. Read more »

Overview

Stop Dirty Fuels

Looking for fuel in all the wrong places puts wildlands, air, water and climate at risk. Read more »

Overview

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is a Model for the Nation

In the absence of a comprehensive national energy policy, ten northeastern and mid-Atlantic states are working together to shift their energy dollars to cleaner, local, job-creating resources through the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, RGGI. Read more »

Action

No More Mountaintop Removal

Across the Appalachians, companies are blowing entire mountaintops to smithereens to get at the thin coal seams below, harming communities and the environment. (Photo Credit: J. Henry Fair, www.jhenryfair.com) Read more »

Energy Explained

Our best weapon against global climate change is clean energy. Renewable power, conservation, energy efficiency in buildings and elsewhere, more efficient vehicles and clean fuels -- these are the solutions that will reduce the impacts on our climate, revive our economy, and create jobs.

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