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Senate Panel’s Keystone XL Measure about Politics and Bad Policy

June 18, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (June 18, 2014) — The Senate Energy Committee today considered yet another political ploy by some in Congress to force construction of the controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, which will worsen climate change and jeopardize communities along its…

It Could Happen Here: The Exploding Threat of Crude by Rail in California

June 18, 2014 Fact SheetUnited States, California, Bakersfield, Richmond (California), Sacramento

NYS Senate Must Enact Three-Year Moratorium on Fracking Now

June 17, 2014 Expert BlogKate Sinding

Deal Reached on New York Ivory Bill Means Satao & Others Won't Have Died in Vain

June 17, 2014 Expert BlogElly Pepper

Celebrating the Introduction of Bill to Protect San Gabriel Mountains and Rivers

June 17, 2014 Expert BlogRamya Sivasubramanian

Obama Takes Bold Action to Protect Marine Life in the Pacific Ocean

June 17, 2014 Expert BlogFrances Beinecke

Obama takes 'bold action' to protect Pacific marine life

June 17, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (June 17, 2014)--President Obama today proposed expanding protections in the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. The expansion would shelter some of the world's most pristine and biologically rich marine ecosystems.

Regardless of Approval, Northern Gateway Tar Sands Pipeline Will Likely Never Be Built

June 17, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (June 17, 2014) -- With the announcement that the Canadian federal government would approve Enbridge’s Proposed Northern Gateway tar sands pipeline to British Columbia, First Nations and environmental advocates reacted with the following statements:

NRDC Launches TV Ad Countering Polluters’ Lies About Power Plant Carbon Pollution Limits

June 17, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (June 17, 2014) — The Natural Resources Defense Council today unveiled a new ad striking back at a disinformation campaign waged by Big Polluters intent on subverting the country’s first-ever carbon pollution standards in order to protect their profits.

Budget Deal a Shot in the Arm for California Sustainable Communities

June 16, 2014 Expert BlogCaliforniaAmanda Eaken

High costs of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline outweigh paltry benefits

June 16, 2014 Expert BlogAnthony Swift

Ohio's Clean Energy Law Is Key to Unlocking Carbon Reductions

June 16, 2014 Expert BlogOhioSamantha Williams

Emerging Consensus on Next Round of International Action on Climate Change

June 16, 2014 Expert BlogJake Schmidt

California Budget Puts Proceeds from Carbon Pollution Auctions to Work Building a Cleaner, Healthier California

June 16, 2014 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SACRAMENTO (June 16, 2014) – The State Budget passed by the Legislature last night and sent to Governor Brown for the first time puts carbon pollution proceeds collected under California’s Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) to work to combat…

Why Isn't America Doing More to Reinvigorate Housing By Supporting Energy & Location Efficient New Homes?

June 13, 2014 Expert BlogDr. David B. Goldstein