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In Texas – a state deeply rooted in oil and gas, where an ALEC-backed bill has been introduced to eliminate the state’s RPS entirely (though the legislation would leave in a similar portfolio standard for natural gas) – renewable energy is booming. Texas blew past the RPS goal set for...
Triple bottom line benefits of clean energy Watch our video to see how clean energy is strengthening our economy, creating American jobs, allowing for energy independence and lessening our carbon footprint. Tweet this clean energy fact Last year, the clean energy sector grew 2X as fas...
Published March 6, 2013 in Climate Tweet Print Email In a telling sign that the fight to end climate change is growing ever more urgent, measurements of heat-trapping carbon dioxide "jumped dramatically " in 2012, according to data from NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory station ...
Droughts, heat waves, snowmageddons and now "Frankenstorms"— what does this severe weather remind you of? Climate change, that’s what. As the planet heats up, our climate is changing, becoming less predictable and more extreme—not just hotter, but wilder. In fact, this recent onslaugh...
“The Clean Air Act protections under attack from this bill will prevent thousands of premature deaths each year, and prevent more than a hundred thousand asthma attacks and other serious breathing problems each year. This bill would block recently finalized federal standards to protec...
Barnett Shale drilling in North Central Texas. Contact: Mica Odom, 512-691-3451, [email protected] (New York, NY – August 24, 2012) Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) announced today that it has been awarded a 3-year, $6-million grant for its work to minimize the environmental impacts of na...
Health Air pollution and toxic chemicals take a heavy toll on our health, particularly that of children. Guided by the best science, we are working to make chemicals safer and the air cleaner. Latest Blog Post Environmental Groups Re-assert Legal Efforts to Protect Clean Air August 16...
34k premature deaths from @AEPnews's dirty air bill. How many deaths are ok? #WhatsYourNumber #CleanAir http://goo.gl/34syA Tweet this! @AEPnews's Dirty Air Bill = 240k asthma attacks and 34k premature deaths. Acceptable? #WhatsYourNumber http://goo.gl/34syA Tweet this! No advanced po...
