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NRDC is the nation's most effective environmental action group, combining the grassroots power of 1.3 million members and online activists with the courtroom clout and expertise of more than 350 lawyers, scientists and other professionals.

Energy Efficiency Bill Reintroduced Into Congress (VIDEO)

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Energy Efficiency Bill Reintroduced Into Congress

This article originally appeared on the website of the NRDC (video added). Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) this week reintroduced bipartisan legislation to speed the transition to a more energy efficient economy and save consumers money by promoting available efficiency technologies for homes, businesses and industrial facilities. Franz Matzner, associate director of government affairs for the Natural Resources Defense Council, joined Sens. Shaheen and Portman at a Capitol Hill press conference announcing … Read More

Bjorn Lomborg’s Dirty Little Math

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By Max Baumhefner A Wall Street Journal Op-Ed by Bjorn Lomborg, “Green Cars Have a Dirty Little Secret,” argues that even though driving on electricity emits half as much pollution as driving on gasoline, it never makes up for the additional energy it takes to build electric cars. How does Lomborg do the math? First, he picks an estimate for electric car manufacturing emissions that’s three times higher than conventional estimates. Second, he imagines electric cars will be … Read More

Green Infrastructure Turns Rain Into A Resource, Not A Pollution Source

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By Peter Lehner, Executive Director of NRDC New York City, like hundreds of older cities around the country, can’t stand the rain. With so much paved area, and so little ground to soak up the water, the city’s sewer system can get overwhelmed by less than an inch of rainfall, triggering the discharge of water mixed with sewage into the nearest water body. Anyone who’s walked along the Hudson River the morning after a storm … Read More

National Climate Assessment Repeats The Obvious: We Need Climate Action Now

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  WASHINGTON (January 11, 2013) – The United States Global Change Research Program today released its draft National Climate Assessment, just days after the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration affirmed that 2012 was the hottest year ever in the continental United States. Daniel Lashof, director of the Natural Resources Defense Council’s Climate and Clean Air Program, made these comments in response to the Climate Assessment findings: “Climate chaos is sweeping our country, bringing more heat … Read More

To Obama & EPA: Innovative NRDC Plan Featuring Federal-State Partnership Saves Americans More Than $25 Billion In Climate And Health Costs While Unleashing Billions In Clean Energy Investments

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  Experts at the Natural Resources Defense Council today unveiled a groundbreaking proposal to sharply cut carbon pollution from America’s power plants, featuring a unique federal-state partnership and flexibility for plant owners that will hold down costs and improve Americans’ health. NRDC’s innovative proposal calls for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to use its authority under the Clean Air Act to set standards for existing power plants—America’s largest source of carbon emissions that fuel climate … Read More

India Needs Concentrated Solar Power to Achieve Safer, More Reliable Energy Future, NRDC Report Finds

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  In the wake of historic summer blackouts that left more than 700 million Indians without power, a new report released this week by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), an India-based independent research organization, shows that concentrated solar power can play an essential role in achieving a secure and diversified energy future for India. “After experiencing the world’s largest blackout this summer, the Indian government knows the … Read More

US Underestimates Costs of Carbon Pollution and Climate Change, Study Finds

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WASHINGTON (September 14, 2012) – The federal government is significantly underestimating the costs of carbon pollution because it is using a faulty analytical model, according to a new study published in the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. [...]

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+1,100 Jobs & Millions of Dollars for Local Economy from 1 Typical Wind Farm

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  Congressional Inaction on Wind Power Production Tax Credit Threatens to Stop Major Jobs & Economic Boost for U.S. Communities WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 11, 2012) – Each major wind farm in America creates nearly 1,100 jobs and can add tens of millions of dollars in new taxes and other benefits to the communities where they’re located, according to two new reports from the Natural Resources Defense Council. A new 250-megawatt wind farm will create 1,079 … Read More

Drought-Stricken Farms Have 1 Lifeline — Wind Power

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  by Bob Dean of NRDC The killing of Billy the Kid was still within living memory for some on the stark, wind-swept prairie outside Ft. Sumner, N.M., when Powhatan Carter’s grandfather settled there to raise cattle in 1937. Twelve years later, Pow was born there, where he runs the family cattle business his grandfather began. After two years of drought, though, Carter’s land is so dry that even the durable native grasses in his … Read More