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- Support for Cutting Carbon Pollution Breaks Record: 1 Million Americans Write to EPA (May 17, 2012)
- Growing Green Awards: Winners Produce Food that Nourishes People and the Planet (May 16, 2012)
- New Fracking Standards Are a Good Start, but Industry Tries to Water them Down (May 15, 2012)
- Americans File More than 735,000 Comments in Support of Limits on Carbon Pollution (April 27, 2012)
- India's Solar Sector Has Grown Rapidly, Driving down Costs and Slashing Pollution (April 25, 2012)
- Spill Commissioners Grade America's Ability to Prevent Another Oil Spill (April 17, 2012)
- Obama Administration Must Say No to Industry Loopholes in Natural Gas Fracking Standards (April 12, 2012)
- America Doesn't Need More of Canada's Dirtiest Export: Tar Sands Oil (April 11, 2012)
- Van Jones' New Book Shows Environmental Protection and Prosperity Go Hand-in-Hand (April 5, 2012)
- To Protect Americans' Health, NRDC Opposes Expanded Fracking until Stronger Safeguards Are in Place (April 2, 2012)
- New Limit on Carbon Pollution Will Help Protect the Health of Our Families (March 28, 2012)
- New Limits on Carbon Pollution Will Help Usher in a Clean, Healthier Future (March 27, 2012)
- "All of the Above" Can't Deliver All the Benefits the Clean Energy Economy Can (March 23, 2012)
- Senate Finally Passes a Bill to Address the BP Oil Disaster (March 16, 2012)
- Clean Air and Public Safety Triumph over Keystone XL and Dirty Energy in the Senate (March 9, 2012)
- Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Won't Ease Gas Prices; Senate Must Reject It (March 7, 2012)
- Mercury Isn't Just a Hazard for Young Children, It's a Health Risk for Adults Too (February 28, 2012)
- Americans Send Over 800,000 Messages Opposing Keystone XL Pipeline in 1 Day (February 15, 2012)
- In Delhi, Leaders Call for Sustainable Action Today, Not Promises for Tomorrow (February 7, 2012)
- Notes from Hyderabad: Making India's High-Tech Capital More Energy Efficient (February 6, 2012)
- Obama Administration Must Keep the Arctic's Wild Seas out of Drilling Plan (February 1, 2012)
- Keep the Tax Bill Clean: Republicans Should Not Permit the Keystone XL Pipeline (January 31, 2012)
- Obama Calls for More Clean Energy and Smart Safeguards on Domestic Drilling (January 25, 2012)
- The Environmental State of the Union (January 24, 2012)
- Pearls Before Swine: The FDA Dodges Effort to Stop the Use of Antibiotics in Healthy Farm Animals (January 20, 2012)
- Obama Rejects the Keystone XL Pipeline and Protects America's National Interest (January 18, 2012)
- Obama's Call to Move NOAA Could Undermine Ocean Scientists' Independence (January 15, 2012)
- Obama Administration Maps the Way toward Better Oceans Management (January 12, 2012)
- Obama Says He Stands By the EPA's Efforts to Create a Cleaner, Healthier Nation (January 11, 2012)
- Obama Administration Announces Standards to Keep Our Families Safe from Mercury and Other Pollutants (December 21, 2011)
- NRDC's Green Gift Guide: Holiday Presents that Help Restore the Earth (December 20, 2011)
- Republican Leadership Holds Tax Relief for American Families Hostage to Keystone Pipeline (December 18, 2011)
- Victory for Americans' Health and Environment: Most Dirty Riders Kept Out of Spending Bill (December 16, 2011)
- Stop the Riders: GOP Lawmakers Slow Down Bills with Anti-Environmental Attacks (December 14, 2011)
- Climate Talks in Durban Wrap Up, but Climate Action Must Continue on Every Level (December 13, 2011)
- GOP Lawmakers Hold Spending and Tax Bills Hostage with Anti-Environmental Riders (December 8, 2011)
- Say No to Polluters' Call to Weaken Mercury and Toxics Standards (December 2, 2011)
- New Tar Sands Pipeline in British Columbia Would Keep Us Hooked on Dangerous Drug (November 30, 2011)
- Obama's 54.5 MPG Standards Will Curb Dangerous Pollution and Put Americans to Work (November 16, 2011)
- Victory in Keystone XL Pipeline Fight: Obama Administration Calls for New Review and a Year Delay (November 10, 2011)
- Obama Administration Allows More Offshore Drilling without More Safeguards for Arctic and Gulf (November 9, 2011)
- New Study Links Climate Change to Higher Medical Costs (November 18, 2011)
- EPA Takes First Steps Towards Limits on Power Plant Carbon Pollution to Protect Our Health and Safety (November 8, 2011)
- The Power of Personal Action: Thousands Gather at White House to Say No to Keystone XL Pipeline (November 7, 2011)
- New IPCC Report Connects Extreme Weather to Climate Change--and Forecasts More (November 3, 2011)
- House GOP Undermines Law Enforcement & Health Standards Set by Medical Experts (October 27, 2011)
- One More Reason to Oppose Keystone XL Pipeline: Questions about State Department Handling of Review (October 28, 2011)
- November 6: Stand Up to Keystone XL Pipeline and Unite for Clean Energy (October 24, 2011)
- Senate GOP Proposal Is a Program for More Pollution, Not a Jobs Plan (October 21, 2011)
- We Can Power New York without Risking Disaster at the Indian Point Nuclear Plant (October 17, 2011)
- Rep. Issa Tries to Undermine Standards that Save Money and Bring Cleaner Air (October 13, 2011)
- GOP Lawmakers in the House Take Away More Safeguards that Protect Americans' Health (October 11, 2011)
- Tar Sands Oil Packs Double Climate Punch: It Devours Forests and Causes More Pollution (October 6, 2011)
- In Honor of Wangari Maathai, Remember What One Person Can Achieve (September 27, 2011)
- A Global Day of Action to Move the Planet toward Cleaner Energy Solutions (September 23, 2011)
- GOP Leaders Fail to Come Clean About Radical Changes to Clean Air Safeguards (September 22, 2011)
- Calling on Obama to Set Firm Schedule for New Standards for Carbon Pollution (September 20, 2011)
- GOP Leaders Resume the Worst Attack on Public Health Safeguards in History (September 20, 2011)
- Nobel Peace Prize Winners Condemn Keystone XL Pipeline for Dirty Tar Sands (September 19, 2011)
- The EPA Must Not Stall on Setting Limits for Carbon Pollution (September 16, 2011)
- Gore Launches Online Project about Life on the Frontlines of Climate Change (September 14, 2011)
- Obama Tells America: We Don't Have to Choose Between Jobs and Safeguards (September 8, 2011)
- Where the Jobs Are: the Clean Energy Sector Continues to Grow and Employ Americans (September 8, 2011)
- Nobel Peace Prize Winners Urge Obama to Reject Tar Sands Pipeline (September 7, 2011)
- Obama Administration Delays Life-Saving Smog Standards (September 2, 2011)
- GOP Repackages Old Attacks on Environmental Safeguards and Calls It a Jobs Plan (August 31, 2011)
- American Communities and the World's Climate Will Suffer from Tar Sands Pipeline (September 1, 2011)
- Sending a Message to Obama: Pipeline for Tar Sands Oil Is Not in America's Interest (August 24, 2011)
- North Sea Spill Reveals Risks of Drilling in the More Remote, Less Regulated Arctic (August 19, 2011)
- Remembering Ray Anderson, a Trail Blazer in Corporate Sustainability (August 11, 2011)
- After Months of Tea Party Attacks on the Environment, Glimmers of Sanity Emerge (August 9, 2011)
- No License to Kill: Pierce Brosnan Speaks out against Icelandic Whaling (August 8, 2011)
- Misguided Decision on Behalf of Shell Oil Company Puts Arctic Ocean at Grave Risk (August 5, 2011)
- Responsible Debt Reduction Should Start With Cuts to Wasteful Subsidies (August 2, 2011)
- Vote "No" on House Bill to Fast-Track Keystone Pipeline Review (July 26, 2011)
- Gulf State Senators Introduce Legislation Implementing a Key Oil Spill Commission Recommendation (July 22, 2011)
- Most Anti-Environment House of Representatives in History Tries to Do More Damage (July 19, 2011)
- Wake-Up Call From Yellowstone: Keystone XL Must Be Shelved (July 13, 2011)
- Fracking Demands Effective Safeguards for All (July 11, 2011)
- There's Nothing Radical about Protecting Public Health and the Environment (June 21, 2011)
- Celebrating the Oceans (June 16, 2011)
- Tea Party Republicans in the House Resume Assault on the Environment (June 13, 2011)
- For the Next Earth Summit in Rio, We Want Action, Not More Grand Promises (June 6, 2011)
- Powerful New Film Portrays Life with Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining (June 2, 2011)
- Time for FDA to Act: Antibiotic Use in Healthy Livestock Is Endangering Our Families (May 26, 2011)
- Even as American Families Struggle, Oil Companies Triumph at the Pump and in Congress (May 18, 2011)
- At Arctic Meeting, Clinton Has Chance to Protect the Last Wild Ocean from Becoming Industrial Free-for-All (May 12, 2011)
- Congressional Leaders and Prince Charles Call for Transforming Farming and Ag Subsidies (May 11, 2011)
- How Many Lives Will the Utility Giant AEP Sacrifice to Get Weaker Clean Air Safeguards? (May 10, 2011)
- Obama's Biggest Opportunity to Save Us Money at the Pump: Call for 60 MPG by 2025 (May 9, 2011)
- Senator Brown Pretends Undermining the Clean Air Act Isn't Bad for People's Health (May 6, 2011)
- New Drilling Bills Won't Help with Gas Prices, Will Make Rules Weaker than Pre-BP Spill (May 4, 2011)
- NRDC Recognizes Food Leaders who are Growing a Healthier, Tastier, and More Sustainable Food System (April 26, 2011)
- One Year Later, Congress and Industry Do Nothing to Make Drilling Safer (April 19, 2011)
- Young Leaders Gather in DC to Demand Clean Energy and Green Jobs (April 15, 2011)
- House Committee Promotes More Offshore Drilling with Less Oversight (April 14, 2011)
- Science and the BP Spill: Lack of Available Data Doesn't Equal Lack of Harm (April 12, 2011)
- The Senate Defeats Attacks on Clean Air and Carbon Reductions (April 7, 2011)
- Obama "Strongly Opposes" Bill to Stop the EPA from Reducing Carbon Pollution (April 6, 2011)
- 34 Senators Show Support for the Law that Keeps Our Air Clean and Safe (April 5, 2011)
- The Choice Is Clear: Public Health vs. Polluters (April 1, 2011)
- Obama Lays Out Ambitious Clean Energy Plan, Now We Need to Make it a Reality (March 31, 2011)
- Oil Spill Commission's Recommendations: Who's Started Adopting Them, Who Hasn't (March 30, 2011)
- Obama Should Call for an Independent Investigation of Nuclear Safety Here at Home (March 28, 2011)
- Japan, Libya, and BP Blowout Make the Case for Energy Change (March 24, 2011)
- Natural Gas Industry Needs to Clean Up Its Act (March 15, 2011)
- Latest Congressional Attacks on Clean Air Will Endanger Our Health and Our Economy (March 4, 2011)
- Obama Presents NRDC Founder John Adams with the Presidential Medal of Freedom (February 15, 2011)
- House Budget Proposal Cuts Environmental Protections and Clean Energy Investments (February 10, 2011)
- Keeping Our Air Clean Puts Americans to Work (February 7, 2011)
- Testifying to Congress: It's Time to Keep Our Families Safe from Toxic Chemicals (February 3, 2011)
- Managing the Arctic in the Face of Climate Change: Aspen Commission Offers a Plan (February 2, 2011)
- Obama Promotes Clean Energy and Clean Air in the State of the Union (January 26, 2011)
- Chairman Upton Turns His Back on Health Protections Americans Value (January 21, 2011)
- Progress in Cancun and How America Can Meet Our Climate Commitments (December 15, 2010)
- At National Oil Spill Commission Meeting, We Share Our Preliminary Findings (December 6, 2010)
- NRDC Founder John Adams to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom (November 18, 2010)
- Working with All Parties to Keep Oceans Full of Fish (November 5, 2010)
- Obama Trip to Delhi a Chance to Expand US-India Partnership on Clean Energy (November 4, 2010)
- Jimmy Fallon Praises NRDC and Adds Humor to the Fight for Clean Energy (October 29, 2010)
- We Won't Identify Breast Cancer Risks from Chemicals Until We Test for Them (October 27, 2010)
- New Studies Find that the Same Tools that Empower Women also Combat Climate Change (October 12, 2010)
- Help Your Community and Send a Climate Message to Your Lawmakers on 10-10-10 (October 8, 2010)
- Two Solar Projects Get the Green Light to Bring Clean Energy and Jobs to California (October 7, 2010)
- A New Book Reminds Us Dedicated Citizens Can Prevail over Polluters (October 6, 2010)
- Global Coral Bleaching Another Sign of Global Warming (September 23, 2010)
- Wal-Mart and H&M Commit to Greening Their Textile Supply Chain (September 22, 2010)
- The Joys of Sport Fishing Deepen in Healthier Oceans (September 9, 2010)
- Time for GE to Commit to Finish Cleaning Up Its Pollution in the Hudson (September 8, 2010)
- New Book Says Potential for Efficiency Is Much Larger than Previously Thought (September 2, 2010)
- Too Much Nitrogen Is Choking Out the Joy of Summer Swimming (August 20, 2010)
- Avoiding the Chemicals that Can Lead to Breast Cancer (August 4, 2010)
- 22 Smarter Cities Put Clean Energy on the Map (July 29, 2010)
- A Casualty of Global Warming Moves Closer to Protection (July 23, 2010)
- My Appointment to the National Commission on the Gulf Disaster (June 16, 2010)
- The Senate Votes in Favor of Science, Oil Savings, and Climate Action (June 10, 2010)
- Murkowski Thinks Polluters Can Police Themselves (June 7, 2010)
- A View of the Oil Damage Below the Surface (June 3, 2010)
- Obama Starts to Address Offshore Hazards and Calls for Clean Energy Action (May 27, 2010)
- The Administration Should Protect Economic Engine of the Gulf: Marine Life (May 26, 2010)
- President Obama, Give the Spill Investigation the Right Mandate (May 22, 2010)
- A Month after the Oil Disaster, We Need Obama to Lead (May 20, 2010)
- Redford's Powerful Call for Obama to Lead on Clean Energy (May 18, 2010)
- A Message to the President (May 18, 2010)
- Voice Off the Bayou (May 14, 2010)
- Gulf Oil Rig Disaster: Perspectives from in the air and on the ground (May 12, 2010)
- Clean Energy Bill Released: Now It’s Time for Leadership (May 12, 2010)
- Flying over the Oil Spill, Hearing about the Response Effort (May 11, 2010)
- Fuel Efficiency and the False Choice between Coastal Safety and Oil Supply (May 10, 2010)
- After 2 Carbon Disasters in 1 Month, Time for Clean Energy (May 8, 2010)
- Three Steps Obama Should Take to Prevent Future Oil Disasters (May 4, 2010)
- Which Would You Choose: Offshore Wind or Offshore Oil? (May 3, 2010)
- Tell the Senate to Get Its Job Done--Pass the Climate Bill Now (April 30, 2010)
- Cape Wind Can Now Help America Start the Clean Energy Future (April 28, 2010)
- We Can't Afford to Wait for Climate Action (April 26, 2010)
- My Earth Day at the White House: Obama Calls for Climate Action (April 22, 2010)
- Sheryl Crow Tells Why She Became a Green Advocate (April 22, 2010)
- Great Opportunity to Protect American Families from Toxic Chemicals (April 21, 2010)
- We Need EPA’s Authority: Would You Fly a Plane without a Backup Engine? (April 15, 2010)
- NRDC Celebrates Food Pioneers who are Growing Green and Reshaping Our Food System (April 13, 2010)
- Earth Day Was a Ray of Optimism in a Dark Time (April 9, 2010)
- EPA's New Clean Car Standards: The Right Kind of Energy Solution (April 1, 2010)
- Obama Goes Forward on Clean Cars, Backward on Offshore Drilling (March 31, 2010)
- Climate Change "Pervasive, Wide-Ranging" White House Task Force Reports (March 17, 2010)
- Climate Change Is a Scientific Reality, Not a Political Debate (March 17, 2010)
- Small Actions Add Up to Big Cuts in Global Warming Pollution (March 15, 2010)
- Don’t Let Lawmakers Undermine the Clean Air Act: It Saves Hundreds of Thousands of Lives (March 11, 2010)
- White House Meeting with Senators Builds Momentum for Climate Action (March 9, 2010)
- Vilsack Says Farmers and Environmentalists Have Common Ground (March 4, 2010)
- Gore, Graham, and Real Climate Leadership (March 1, 2010)
- Van Jones: A Welcome Return for a Green Jobs Visionary (February 24, 2010)
- In the Clean Energy Race, Jobs Can Stay in America (February 23, 2010)
- Despite Deniers, Americans Are Asking for More Climate Science: NOAA Will Deliver It (February 11, 2010)
- There Is No "Clean Coal," But Obama Is Right about an Energy and Climate Bill (February 3, 2010)
- DiCaprio & Others Engage Online Community with Clear Message: This Is Our Moment for Clean Energy Action (January 28, 2010)
- Obama Gives Full-Throated Call for Clean Energy and Climate Legislation that Puts America Back to Work (January 27, 2010)
- Clean Energy’s Prominent Place in the State of the Union (January 26, 2010)
- Murkowski Amendment Undermines Public Health and Protects Polluters (January 22, 2010)
- Businesses Agree: Climate Bill Is Good for the Economy (January 22, 2010)
- Brown Victory Doesn't Change the Powerful Support for Clean Energy and Climate Action (January 20, 2010)
- Lessons from MLK: Transformative Change Takes Time (January 18, 2010)
- Read the Facts--Not the Tea Leaves--About Passing a Climate Bill (January 14, 2010)
- Senator Murkowski: Don’t Create a Dirty Air Act, Protect Alaska from Global Warming Instead (January 13, 2010)
- Browner and Others Make It Clear: Climate Legislation Is Moving Forward (January 12, 2010)
- Obama’s New Green Jobs Program Brings Immediate Relief AND Long-term Benefits (January 8, 2010)
- The CIA and Pentagon Call Climate Change a Security Risk--Even If Fox News Doesn't (January 8, 2010)
- Americans Need Jobs: That's Why the Senate Will Vote on a Climate Bill (January 7, 2010)
- Answers to Copenhagen Questions (January 6, 2010)
- Copenhagen Accord by a Landslide: 188-5 (December 19, 2009)
- The Road from Copenhagen Leads to the U.S. Senate (December 19, 2009)
- Secretary Clinton’s Announcement: A Shot of Adrenalin for Climate Talks (December 17, 2009)
- Workers, Businesspeople, and the Majority of Americans Call for Real Action in Copenhagen (December 17, 2009)
- Four Women Who Inspire Action and Conscience in Copenhagen (December 17, 2009)
- Obama Comes to Copenhagen with an Impressive Record on the Environment (December 16, 2009)
- A U.S. Commitment to Developing Nations: The Key to Unlocking Copenhagen (December 15, 2009)
- Waiting for Copenhagen with John Adams for Four Decades and Eight Hours (December 14, 2009)
- Dispatch from Copenhagen: The Stage Is Set for Real Climate Action (December 14, 2009)
- Jeffrey Sachs on Fighting Global Warming and Fighting Global Poverty (December 10, 2009)
- A Meeting with Obama: His Commitment to Climate Action Remains Strong (December 10, 2009)
- Obama in Oslo: The Link between Peace and Climate Security (December 10, 2009)
- Americans Need Jobs; Clean Energy Legislation Will Generate Them (December 8, 2009)
- Cap and Trade: Getting the Carbon Pollution Cuts We Need Starting Now (December 7, 2009)
- Copenhagen Could Generate a Real Commitment to Slowing Deforestation (December 4, 2009)
- U.S., China, and India Offer Climate Announcements to Be Thankful For (November 30, 2009)
- Obama's Meeting with India's Prime Minister: Another Chance to Advance Clean Energy (November 24, 2009)
- Talking with IPCC Chairman Pachauri about U.S. Climate Action (November 23, 2009)
- Environmental Civil Rights and Andrew Goodman's Legacy (November 22, 2009)
- Clean Energy Is Good for America, Whether You Believe in Climate Change or Not (November 18, 2009)
- Obama's China Trip: A Breakthrough on Clean Energy and Climate (November 18, 2009)
- Join Bobby Kennedy Jr. and Me at a New York City Town Hall (November 16, 2009)
- This Is Not a Political Screed, It Is Common Sense for Our Energy Future (November 13, 2009)
- Obama's Trip to China: a New Interest in Clean Tech and a New Spirit of Cooperation (November 12, 2009)
- Talking with Ban Ki-Moon about His Hopes for Copenhagen (November 11, 2009)
- LIVE: Ask NRDC President Frances Beinecke Tuesday, 11/10 at 9:45 a.m. EST (November 9, 2009)
- If the Green Economy Is Coming, America Must Start Leading Now (November 9, 2009)
- Starting a Clean Energy Revolution with Common Sense (November 6, 2009)
- More than 100 Elite Economists Agree: Global Warming is a Risk to the Economy (November 5, 2009)
- Gore's New Book and Why the Choice of Clean Energy Is Ours to Make (November 4, 2009)
- Latest Draft of Senate Climate Bill: What's Good and What Needs Work (October 27, 2009)
- Obama at MIT: The Nation that Leads in Clean Energy Will Lead the Global Economy (October 23, 2009)
- Salazar Cleans Up Bush-Era Cronyism in Dirty Oil-Shale Program (October 22, 2009)
- Young Veterans Tell Congress: Cleaner Energy Is Safer for America (October 16, 2009)
- Young Climate Warriors: Use Your Voice as well as Your Passion (October 15, 2009)
- Cautiously Optimistic that the Climate Bill Is Gaining Ground (October 14, 2009)
- Nobel Prize Recognizes Link between Peace and Climate Action (October 9, 2009)
- Tell Your Senators to Save Our National Parks from Global Warming (October 7, 2009)
- The Senate's Clean Energy and Climate Bill: The Right Step at the Right Time (September 30, 2009)
- Lawmakers Watch NRDC's film ACID TEST on Capitol Hill (September 30, 2009)
- Sigourney Weaver & I take ACID TEST, our new documentary, to Capitol Hill (September 28, 2009)
- The G20, Climate Talks, and Trade Measures: Keeping Jobs in America (September 25, 2009)
- G20 Summit Highlights Pennsylvania's Green Jobs Potential (September 24, 2009)
- Green Building: A Critical Climate Solution Spreads across China (September 23, 2009)
- Bringing the Arctic and the Rainforest to New York's Climate Week (September 22, 2009)
- "Climate Week" and My Talks with China's Top Negotiator (September 21, 2009)
- China's Environmental Law Moves Forward (September 16, 2009)
- Obama Should Tell Canada's Prime Minister: No Thanks on Tar Sands Expansion (September 15, 2009)
- Let Your Lawmakers Know that the Clock Is Ticking on the Climate Bill (September 10, 2009)
- Van Jones' Vision of Green Jobs Will Endure (September 9, 2009)
- Let Your Lawmakers Know that the Clock Is Ticking on the Climate Bill (September 9, 2009)
- Talking Green Jobs with Steelworkers in Gary, Indiana (September 3, 2009)
- Workers Rally for Green Jobs, Not Astroturf (September 1, 2009)
- My Summer Reading: Public Lands and the Next Generation of Roosevelts (August 28, 2009)
- The New Tar Sands Oil Pipeline: A Junkie's Last Fix (August 25, 2009)
- Made in America Job Tour: First Stop Cleveland (August 20, 2009)
- Five Reasons Why AB 32 Will Boost California's Economy (August 17, 2009)
- Obama’s View from Yellowstone: Pines Killed by Climate-Fueled Beetles (August 14, 2009)
- Town Hall Talks about Climate Should Be About Solutions, Not Intimidation (August 13, 2009)
- ACID TEST: Protecting Our Oceans' Economic Vitality from Global Warming (August 12, 2009)
- U.S. Military Says We Need Action on Climate Now or We Will "Pay Later" (August 10, 2009)
- The Senate Climate Bill Will Bring Jobs to Your State (August 5, 2009)
- Visiting a Boreal Village: Life Downstream from Tar Sands Oil (July 31, 2009)
- America's Other Foreign Oil: Seeing Canada's Tar Sands Up Close (July 30, 2009)
- Arctic People Talk about Life on the Frontlines of Climate Change (July 29, 2009)
- Notes from the North: Climate Change Is Accelerating (July 22, 2009)
- Why Stand in the Way of Green Jobs and Economic Opportunity? (July 20, 2009)
- Why We Can't Wait for a Perfect Climate Bill (July 14, 2009)
- The Climate Bill and Your Bills: Getting Clean Energy at Low Cost (July 9, 2009)
- Let's Not Go Backwards on Biofuels: Fixing the Climate Bill's Biofuels Provisions (July 7, 2009)
- The Climate Vote: What a Difference a Year Makes (June 30, 2009)
- Video of Frances Beinecke on Clean Energy and Climate Vote (June 26, 2009)
- The House Climate Vote Defies Expectation (June 26, 2009)
- Time to Take a Decisive Step: Climate Vote Scheduled for Friday (June 24, 2009)
- Reports Show Global Warming Is Already Hurting America; Fighting It Will Heal the Economy (June 18, 2009)
- New Film Captures Link between Imperiled Oceans and Climate Change (June 16, 2009)
- Greening Ohio: Bringing Clean Energy Jobs to the Midwest (June 10, 2009)
- Historic Vote Moves America Closer to Clean Energy and Climate Solutions (May 22, 2009)
- Why We Need a Vote on Climate Legislation This Summer (May 21, 2009)
- Everybody Wins with Obama’s Clean Cars Plan, Including a California Teacher (May 19, 2009)
- Just What the Doctor Ordered: Climate Change, Public Health, and Clean Energy (May 18, 2009)
- House Democrats Close to a Deal on Clean Energy Bill (May 13, 2009)
- Tales from the Arctic and Obama’s Polar Bear Decision (May 12, 2009)
- Growing Green: Honoring Leaders Who Are Changing the Way We Farm and Eat (May 8, 2009)
- The White House Climate Meeting: Obama Reassures Swing Voters (May 7, 2009)
- Breast Cancer Risk and the Air We Breathe (May 5, 2009)
- An Important Book That's Not Anti-Car, but Anti-Inefficiency (May 1, 2009)
- First 100 Days a Good Dress Rehearsal: Now We Need the Main Act (April 29, 2009)
- Why Obama Is Right: We Need Legislation AND Markets to Unleash Clean Energy (April 24, 2009)
- Washington Picks Up the Pace on Climate Action (April 22, 2009)
- The Empire State Building: How Gray Towers Become Green (April 7, 2009)
- Countdown to Copenhagen: Why the U.S. Must Act at Home (April 1, 2009)
- Celebrating Green Leaders with Some SNL Humor (March 31, 2009)
- Waxman and Markey Jumpstart House Clean Energy Discussion (March 31, 2009)
- Galbraith Calls Clean Energy the Next Engine for Economic Growth (March 30, 2009)
- Take Action During a Bad Week for Polar Bears (March 27, 2009)
- Nickelodeon Honors DiCaprio for Inspiring Young Activists (March 26, 2009)
- Phasing out Phthalates & Clearing the Air (March 12, 2009)
- Environmental Champion Robert Redford Wins New Award (March 10, 2009)
- A Factory Where Clean Vehicles, Public Transit, and Economic Growth Converge (March 4, 2009)
- Washington Feels Like a New City (March 3, 2009)
- What a Difference Six Weeks Makes: A Roundup of Obama's Green Progress (March 2, 2009)
- America Leads on Major Human Health Victory: Curbing Mercury Pollution (February 26, 2009)
- Power Shift 09: Young People Lead on Climate Action (February 25, 2009)
- Why We Need a Climate Bill Now, Not Another Energy Bill (February 24, 2009)
- Baja, California, Gray Whales, and 11 Million BioGems Messages (February 23, 2009)
- What Successful Environmental Activism Looks Like: Wild Baby Whales (February 19, 2009)
- President Obama: Don’t Give Canadian Tar Sands a Free Climate Pass (February 18, 2009)
- The Senate Stimulus Package: Green Jobs Are Good Jobs (February 10, 2009)
- Support for Climate Action in Davos, But Hard Work Awaits in Congress (January 31, 2009)
- President Obama: Continue to Lead on Restricting Mercury (January 30, 2009)
- Davos and Global Warming (January 29, 2009)
- Obama’s Clean Car Announcement: The End of the Little Ice Age in Washington (January 26, 2009)
- Cape Wind Can Start Leading the Way for Offshore Wind Power (January 23, 2009)
- Now Let’s Get to Work, Starting with the House Stimulus Package (January 22, 2009)
- Environmentalists and Business Leaders Agree: We Need Climate Action Now (January 15, 2009)
- America Can Have Both Utah Wilderness and Affordable Heating Bills (January 12, 2009)
- Household Trash Is Managed Better than the TVA’s Coal Ash (January 8, 2009)
- Two Critical Priorities Await Vilsack at Department of Agriculture (December 24, 2008)
- In Memory of a Toxics Warrior (December 22, 2008)
- Progress in Poznan: Did the Media Miss It? (December 18, 2008)
- Salazar at the Interior Department: So Much at Stake (December 17, 2008)
- What's Worse than Chemo? A Common Toxin that Renders It Less Effective (December 16, 2008)
- The Environmental Appointments: Obama Means What He Says (December 11, 2008)
- A High-Tech Gadget that Saves Money and Creates Jobs (December 10, 2008)
- Richardson Appointment: Good News for Oceans (December 3, 2008)
- Google CEO on Energy Efficiency: Doing the Right Thing Is Also the Right Thing for Business" (December 3, 2008)
- Commies & Atheists: Why the Coal Industry Really Is a Relic of the Past (December 2, 2008)
- Environmental Community Offers Obama a Green Economic Recovery Plan (November 25, 2008)
- Why Bush's Last-Minute Land Giveaway in Utah Matters (November 21, 2008)
- Obama, Global Warming, and the Fast-Track to Economic Stability (November 20, 2008)
- A Time for Boldness: How We Can Repower America with Clean Energy (November 6, 2008)
- The Obama Victory: America Enters the 21st Century (November 4, 2008)
- Breast Cancer Awareness: From Pink Ribbons to a Right to Know Law (October 28, 2008)
- Clean Energy Sector: It's Time to Make Your Voices Heard (October 24, 2008)
- Deutsche Bank Calls for a Green Economic Recovery Plan (October 23, 2008)
- Missed Opportunities: What Congress Did and Didn't Do for America's Energy Future (October 9, 2008)
- Not a Moment Too Soon: Van Jones' New Book (October 8, 2008)
- The WCC: Why Barcelona Will Be More Inspiring than Washington (October 3, 2008)
- Good News for My First Environmental Love (October 2, 2008)
- Not All Lobbyists Are Created Equal: The Current Energy Bills (September 23, 2008)
- The Passing of an Environmental Giant (September 22, 2008)
- The "Drill More, Innovate Less" Crowd Gets in the Way of Clean Solutions (September 16, 2008)
- You Get What You Pay For: The Decline of US Energy Innovation (September 11, 2008)
- "All of the Above" Is Really the Worst of the Old Energy Ideas (September 9, 2008)
- The Clock Hasn't Run Out on Backroom Bush Deals (September 5, 2008)
- Honeybees, NRDC's Lawsuit, and EPA's Discontent (September 4, 2008)
- Good News on California's Smart Growth Bill (August 26, 2008)
- California Shows How Smart Suburbs Can Be Clean Energy Solutions (August 25, 2008)
- Is There a "Hints from Heloise" for Energy Saving Tips? (August 22, 2008)
- What I Will Be Looking for at the Political Conventions (August 21, 2008)
- Where Is America in the Global Renewables Market? MIA (August 15, 2008)
- Fact or Fiction in the Energy Debate (August 14, 2008)
- Distraction, Misleading Energy Claims, and the Washington Post (August 13, 2008)
- Why I Am a Fan of Tire Gauges: The Overlooked Potential of Efficiency (August 8, 2008)
- It's About the Economy, Not Drilling (August 7, 2008)
- Congress Has Been Having the Wrong Energy Conversation (August 5, 2008)
- Congress Is Letting Our Best Green Energy Incentive Die (August 1, 2008)
- The Arctic Ocean: A Gold Rush with No Sheriff in Town (July 28, 2008)
- Seeing the Globe Warm: My Trip to the Arctic (July 25, 2008)
- Finally, Two Leaders Offer Bold Visions for Ending Energy Crisis (July 24, 2008)
- Grizzlies Catch a Break in the New West (July 10, 2008)
- Some Gas Price Pain Relievers for Drivers and One for the Presidential Candidates (July 3, 2008)
- Why World Energy Ministers Went to Jidda, Not Pensacola (June 25, 2008)
- Why Nuclear Power Is Not a Global Warming Solution (June 19, 2008)
- How Is the Cheney Energy Plan Working for You? (June 17, 2008)
- 6 Things We Can Do in the Face of Soaring Gas Prices (June 12, 2008)
- On US Climate Paralysis, Bangladesh, and Terrorism (June 10, 2008)
- Obstructionist Tactics Block the Climate Security Act but Momentum Grows for Global Warming Solutions (June 6, 2008)
- Putting a Price on Carbon: The Cheapest Way to Make Coal Cleaner (June 5, 2008)
- The Climate Security Act: Getting Closer to the Finish Line (June 4, 2008)
- Campaign Talk Is Cheap, Real Climate Leadership Is Priceless (May 30, 2008)
- When Politicans Don't Speak the Language of Science (May 29, 2008)
- It's Not Just about Hybrids: Three Tips for the Car Industry (May 23, 2008)
- Confront Global Warming in the Senate Before Getting to the White House (May 22, 2008)
- Five Reasons We Need a Senate Climate Vote Now (May 20, 2008)
- Efficiency: The Global Warming Solution Hiding in Plain Sight (May 16, 2008)
- Good News and Bad News About the Polar Bear Decision (May 15, 2008)
- Ecological Accounting: A New Measure of Economic Health (May 13, 2008)
- DOE Says We Can Have Carbon Caps and Economic Growth (May 2, 2008)
- Bush's Rose Garden Energy Plan: Deja Vu All Over Again (April 30, 2008)
- The Most Important Fight of My Career: the Lieberman-Warner Bill (April 29, 2008)
- Why Endocrine Disruptors Should Be a Household Word (April 25, 2008)
- A Garden Grows in The Bronx: How My Family Is Trying to Live Green (April 22, 2008)
- Calling a Toxin a Toxin: BPA Gets the Name It Deserves (April 17, 2008)
- Bush's Global Warming Plan Weaker than Even He Promised (April 16, 2008)
- Finding Real Optimism for Solving Global Warming (April 4, 2008)
- Unlocking the Global Warming Gridlock: Congestion Pricing Speeds Ahead in NYC (April 2, 2008)
- Breast Cancer and One of the Most Pervasive Chemicals of Modern Life (March 25, 2008)
- The New Green Stakeholder: Activist or Investment Bank? (March 20, 2008)
- I Wish They All Could Be California Innovators (March 18, 2008)
- With Biofuels, Better Is Better (March 14, 2008)
- Green Energy: When Enviros and CEOs Agree on Regulations (March 13, 2008)
- A Clean Energy Employer Rises in the Desert (March 6, 2008)
- The Invisible Hand Can Have a Green Thumb (March 4, 2008)
- Jobs for All in the Green Energy Economy (February 29, 2008)
- Confessions of an Environmentalist (February 20, 2008)
- Read the Label Before You Run the Bath (February 15, 2008)
- Keeping Green Alive in 08 (February 13, 2008)
- The Twilight of Dirty Coal (February 11, 2008)
- What Do We Want to Stimulate? (February 5, 2008)
- How to Get Safer Sushi (February 1, 2008)
- Eating Well for Yourself and for the Next Generation (January 30, 2008)
- Global Warming, the Economy, and the Get Out of Jail Free Card (January 24, 2008)
- Neurotic Mothers or Inattentive Government? (January 22, 2008)
- Don't Just Treat Cancer; Fight It Before It Comes (January 15, 2008)
- Will US Negotiators in Bali Listen to Global Civil Society? (December 13, 2007)
- Remembering the Boreal in the Midst of Bali (December 8, 2007)
- Protecting the Earth and Promoting the Economy (December 6, 2007)
- Why We Can't Wait for a New President to Solve Global Warming (December 4, 2007)
- Where Is Global Warming on the Campaign Trail? (December 2, 2007)
- The Bipartisan Air You Breathe (November 15, 2007)
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