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The Clean Energy Bill Is No Place For Dirty Energy Attacks on Public Health (05/14/10)
Movies Save Mountains (05/14/10)
For a Fisherman's Wife, Oil and Water Don't Mix (05/13/10)
EPA Carbon Pollution Rule Clears Up “Murky” Problem (05/13/10)
Ted Turner on Coal: "I like mountains." (05/13/10)
Justin Townes Earle Joins 'Music Saves Mountains' Campaign (05/13/10)
Gulf Oil Rig Disaster: Perspectives from in the air and on the ground (05/12/10)
Resolved: Tar sands are an expensive and risky investment (05/12/10)

The Clean Energy Bill Is No Place For Dirty Energy Attacks on Public Health (05/14/10)
Baltimore’s Virtual Supermarket fills the gap in food-deprived neighborhoods (05/14/10)
Human Cost of Oil - Gulf Coast Oil Spill (05/13/10)
Will these talented partners make the definitive revitalization movie? (05/13/10)
Community Needs on the Gulf Coast: Louisiana (05/08/10)
Back in New Orleans -- 5 Years Later (05/07/10)
Drill, Baby, Drill? Clean, Baby, Clean! (05/04/10)
The Other Oil Disaster: Cancer and Canada's Tar Sands (05/03/10)

Will these talented partners make the definitive revitalization movie? (05/13/10)
Resolved: Tar sands are an expensive and risky investment (05/12/10)
Latino Business Owners Say We Should Stay the Course Towards a Clean Energy Future (05/11/10)
Walkability 101-B, or why it's good to be connected (05/11/10)
America's First Utility-Scale Offshore Wind Farm Announces Power Purchase Contract (05/07/10)
Interested in how to think about city parks? Get this book (05/07/10)
The best infomercial for smart growth you are likely to see (05/06/10)
Brightening the city’s (and NRDC’s) streetscape (05/05/10)

China on the Path towards Putting a Price on Carbon (05/16/10)
China Environmental News Alert (05/14/10)
China Environmental News Alert (05/07/10)
China Removes Import Duties on Wind and Hydro Equipment (05/05/10)
China Environmental News Alert (04/30/10)
China Environmental News Alert (04/23/10)
A Clear-Eyed Look at China’s Climate Target (04/19/10)
China Environmental News Alert (04/16/10)

Predator poison kills dogs in Idaho (05/15/10)
Constructing oil and gas wells: "many of today's wells are at risk" (05/14/10)
Movies Save Mountains (05/14/10)
Baltimore’s Virtual Supermarket fills the gap in food-deprived neighborhoods (05/14/10)
For a Fisherman's Wife, Oil and Water Don't Mix (05/13/10)
Human Cost of Oil - Gulf Coast Oil Spill (05/13/10)
Ted Turner on Coal: "I like mountains." (05/13/10)
Justin Townes Earle Joins 'Music Saves Mountains' Campaign (05/13/10)

Baltimore’s Virtual Supermarket fills the gap in food-deprived neighborhoods (05/14/10)
Will these talented partners make the definitive revitalization movie? (05/13/10)
At the EE Global Forum, ASE Prize Highlights Chile’s Efficiency Achievements (05/13/10)
Water Conservation Cuts – No News is Good News (05/12/10)
Metro area commuting data from Brookings: best and worst performers nationally (05/12/10)
Walkability 101-B, or why it's good to be connected (05/11/10)
Walkability 101-A, by Roger Lewis (05/10/10)
Interested in how to think about city parks? Get this book (05/07/10)

Voice Off the Bayou (05/14/10)
The Clean Energy Bill Is No Place For Dirty Energy Attacks on Public Health (05/14/10)
Open Letter To MMS (05/14/10)
The Latest MMS Outrage – and Why Salazar’s “Restructuring” Plan Is Insufficient (05/14/10)
For a Fisherman's Wife, Oil and Water Don't Mix (05/13/10)
Human Cost of Oil - Gulf Coast Oil Spill (05/13/10)
Offshore Drilling Provisions are Insufficient to Protect Oceans and Coastal Communities (05/13/10)
My Louisiana Experience: Final On-the-Ground Report (05/12/10)

The Clean Energy Bill Is No Place For Dirty Energy Attacks on Public Health (05/14/10)
Earth Day 2010: What Earth Day Means to Me (04/22/10)
NRDC takes its Nuclear Nonproliferation campaign to Moscow (04/08/10)
Florida Utilities Drag State Efficiency Ranking Down (10/21/09)
At the Confluence of Water Use and Energy Production (09/30/09)
Nuclear energy folks are starting to sound a little shrill (07/21/09)
U.S. Offshore Wind Developments: Deep-Water Turbine Farms vs. Near-Shore Projects (07/20/09)
Coming soon to a market near you…Gotham Greens! (06/02/09)

Open Letter To MMS (05/14/10)
Offshore Drilling Provisions are Insufficient to Protect Oceans and Coastal Communities (05/13/10)
My Louisiana Experience: Final On-the-Ground Report (05/12/10)
Louisiana local official says Kevin Costner will fight Gulf gusher (05/12/10)
MMS split a start, but not a solution (05/11/10)
Flying over the Oil Spill, Hearing about the Response Effort (05/11/10)
Fuel Efficiency and the False Choice between Coastal Safety and Oil Supply (05/10/10)
In Venice, LA, The Oily Tide Closes In (05/10/10)

Predator poison kills dogs in Idaho (05/15/10)
Lizards - the next canary in the global warming coal mine (05/14/10)
A picture is worth a thousand words: new National Geographic photographs feature our Patagonia BioGem (05/14/10)
Movies Save Mountains (05/14/10)
Ted Turner on Coal: "I like mountains." (05/13/10)
Justin Townes Earle Joins 'Music Saves Mountains' Campaign (05/13/10)
My Louisiana Experience: Final On-the-Ground Report (05/12/10)
Louisiana local official says Kevin Costner will fight Gulf gusher (05/12/10)

China on the Path towards Putting a Price on Carbon (05/16/10)
A second look at CBO’s employment study: Climate legislation and a healthy economy can go hand in hand (05/15/10)
The Clean Energy Bill Is No Place For Dirty Energy Attacks on Public Health (05/14/10)
Increasing Transparency: India Releases GHG Inventory (05/14/10)
The Missing Piece in the Effort to Secure California’s Water Future – a Federal Climate Bill (05/14/10)
Movies Save Mountains (05/14/10)
Tools for Supporting International Action on Global Warming: American Power Act (05/13/10)
EPA Carbon Pollution Rule Clears Up “Murky” Problem (05/13/10)

Gulf Oil Disaster Demonstrates Need for Clean Energy Sources and Policies (05/10/10)
Oil Spill Sparks Call to Action on Clean Energy Legislation: NRDC Poll (05/07/10)
Photo Exhibit Illustrates Water's Dynamic Role (05/03/10)
On Oil Spill Disasters and the White House Correspondents’ Dinner (05/01/10)
Note From My Dad, on the Gulf (04/30/10)
Gulf Disaster Requires Full Investigation; Cape Wind, Clean Power Today; White House Dinner Goes Green, Clean Trucks Program Update (04/30/10)
A Letter to ESPN (and Disney) About Wolves (04/29/10)
Asian Carp Fight Continues, Sigourney Weaver on Oceans Advocacy, ThisIsOurMoment Celebrity Advocates (04/27/10)

The Clean Energy Bill Is No Place For Dirty Energy Attacks on Public Health (05/14/10)
In Wake of Oil Spill, Most Americans See Need for Clean Energy and Climate Legislation (05/07/10)
Legislative Watch, May 4, 2010 (05/04/10)
Mayor Villaraigosa, Let’s Promote Biking and Walking in Los Angeles (04/30/10)
Tell the Senate to Get Its Job Done--Pass the Climate Bill Now (04/30/10)
Earth Day (plus 7) and Your Water (04/29/10)
Cape Wind Marks New Chapter in American Energy: Clean, Homegrown Offshore Power (04/28/10)
California Tops the List for Filthy Air (04/28/10)

The oil spewing into the Gulf threatens to become an unprecedented environmental disaster.