Posted by Amy Mall in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Earlier this year, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar temporarily suspended new leasing of public lands for oil shale research, development and demonstration. We greatly appreciated his move to take a fresh look at the Bush Administration's giveaway to Big Oil. Secretary Salazar is now asking the public...continued→
Posted by Amy Mall in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
Our colleagues at Western Resource Advocates just released a report called "Water on the Rocks" that catalogues all the water rights in Colorado that have been acquired by oil shale interests, or could be used by them, to develop oil shale on...continued→
Posted by Amy Mall in Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) and the World Resources Institute recently worked together to publish "A Roadmap for a Secure, Low-Carbon Energy Economy." The Roadmap is intended to produce win-win-win recommendations that benefit energy security, our economy, and the climate. The...continued→
Posted by Amy Mall in Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
There is less than a week before President-elect Obama's inauguration. Tomorrow, there will be a Senate hearing on the nominee for the new Secretary of the Interior--Senator Ken Salazar. Nevertheless, despite the many changes in Washington, the Bush administration is staying...continued→
Posted by Amy Mall in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Federal land management agencies do just what their name implies: manage federal lands. They don't own the lands. They manage them on behalf of the owners--the American people. These agencies include the Bureau of Land Management (which manages 258 million...continued→
Posted by Amy Mall in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Earlier this week the Bush administration announced another parting gift for Big Oil in the form of new oil shale regulations. What America, and the world, really needs is investment in clean energy solutions -- like plug-in cars -- that will reduce our dependence on...continued→
Posted by Amy Mall in Curbing Pollution
As a non-partisan organization, NRDC does not endorse candidates, but now that Barack Obama has been declared the winner of the presidential election, we can begin to look at the environmental implications of the voters' decisions. Last week, Senator Obama...continued→
Posted by Amy Mall in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
Read the fine print and you'll find that the financial rescue package passed by Congress last week also provided a big favor for dirty fuels that have a much greater climate impact than conventional fuel. Yep - more than $4...continued→
