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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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WASHINGTON (June 25, 2013) - President Obama ordered the first-ever federal limits on carbon pollution from power plants today, as part of a broad-based climate change initiative.
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