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Renewable Energy & Energy EfficiencyRelated Resources
Bingaman Clean Energy Standard Turns on New Renewables and Reduces Carbon, But Needs ImprovementThe Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee holds a hearing today on the Clean Energy Standard Act – a bill that the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) describes as “needing improvement, but providing a path forward toward a low-carbon energy future.”
Public Support for Climate & Energy Policies in March 2012Results from a national survey show strong support — 79 percent — for more research into renewable energy sources. Even if it cost the average household $100 extra a year, 63 percent of respondents said they support requiring utilities to produce at least 20 percent of their electricity from wind, solar or other renewable energy sources.
Letter to Congress: Oppose H.R. 7 – American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act of 2012A Group sign-on Letter to Members of Congresses asking them to Oppose H.R. 7 – American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act of 2012
Clinton CEO Letter on Durban 11.29.11Dear Secretary Clinton: We are writing to express our concerns about the negotiating positions and strategy of the United States going into the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which starts this week in Durban, South Africa. These are concerns our organizations have previously raised with your negotiators in meetings and conversations over the past year, and that at the outset of the Durban meeting, we feel compelled to bring to your attention directly.
53 Members of Congress Call on Obama Administration to Pursue Ambitious Agenda at Durban Climate Change Summit, Oxfam America Press Release 11.22.11Washington D.C. – Just days before the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) summit in Durban, South Africa, 53 members of the House of Representatives have sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urging the Obama administration to pursue a just and ambitious agenda in the climate talks (see the full letter and list of signers below).
Salazar Announces Step Forward for Offshore Wind in Rhode IslandSalazar Announces Step Forward for Offshore Wind in Rhode Island
Fossil Fuels: A Legacy of DisasterOn the one-year anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster and the Massey coal mine explosion in West Virginia, we are reminded how dangerous our dependence on fossil fuels can be. A large cost of our reliance on these energy sources is the death or injury of workers in these industries. Transitioning to cleaner energy technologies such as solar and wind is safer for workers as well as better for public health, economic competitiveness, and the environment. We can take steps to make fossil fuel industries less dangerous while we transition to cleaner energy Document Actions |
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