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Over the past year, Southern California, Sacramento, and San Diego have become the first three regions in America to adopt transportation plans specifically designed to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The featured report tells the story of how Southern California and Sacramento have tackled implementation of this new law, and provides a brief update on the San Diego plan. Read full report

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American Wind Farms: Breaking Down the Benefits from Planning to Production

Posted by Cai Steger, September 10, 2012

Across America, the U.S. wind industry is exceeding expectations. This report offers a snapshot of this emerging trend, and points the way forward for a clean energy future. We must continue this momentum by promoting strong energy policies, beginning with an extension of the Production Tax Credit for wind energy, a crucial step towards building a strong, sustainable, market leading U.S. wind industry. Read More

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At Wind Speed: How the U.S. Wind Industry is Rapidly Growing Our Local Economies

Posted by Cai Steger, August 28, 2012

Over the last two decades, the U.S. wind industry has grown dramatically. Across the country, more than 50,000 megawatts of wind power are installed, and American companies dominate the global wind turbine industry. This report shows how wind power is creating much-needed jobs, reducing pollution that harms our children's health, and cutting our dependence on dirty and limited fossil fuels. Read More

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Fuzzy Math: Wildlife Services Should Improve Its Economic Analysis of Predator Control

Posted by Whitney Leonard, August 22, 2012

About 100,000 coyotes, bobcats, foxes, wolves, bears, and mountain lions are killed each year by Wildlife Services, a U.S. Department of Agriculture federal agency. Much of this lethal predator control program is partly justified by economic analyses that are often incomplete, and sometimes incorrect. Read More

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President Taps Transportation Leader to Succeed Secretary LaHood
WASHINGTON (April 29, 2013) – President Obama today plans to nominate Anthony Foxx, the mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, as his choice to succeed Ray LaHood as secretary of the U.S. Department...
Southern California to Save 40 Billion Gallons of Imported Water Annually by 2035
SAN FRANCISCO (April 25, 2013) – Southern California water agencies are planning the most aggressive measures in the state to reduce their reliance on water imports, according to a new analysis...
NRDC: Energy Efficiency Bill Promotes the Cleanest, Cheapest Energy
WASHINGTON (April 18, 2013) – Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) today reintroduced bipartisan legislation to speed the transition to a more energy efficient economy and save...
Nebraskans’ Message: We Know More Now Why Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Would be a Colossal Mistake
WASHINGTON (April 18, 2013) – The U.S. State Department is holding a public hearing today in Grand Island, Nebraska, on a new route for the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Anthony Swift,...
Iconic Mumbai Building Make Business Case for Energy Efficiency Upgrades
NEW DELHI (April 18, 2013) – Building owners and real estate developers throughout India’s rapidly expanding urban areas stand to benefit financially from energy-efficiency building upgrades,...

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