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Wind Power for America

Congress extended critical federal tax credits for wind power early this year, thanks to the hard work of our staff, allies, and supporters. In the U.S., wind energy now powers the equivalent of 13 million homes and renewable energy accounted for nearly 50 percent of all newly installed power in 2012. Here, Environment Minnesota’s Michelle Hesterberg is joined by Duluth Mayor Don Ness and Ventera Winds President Joseph Woods to tout the environmental benefits of wind energy to local media.

News Release | Environment America

Exxon’s Tar Sands Oil Spill Portends Dirty and Dangerous Future in Keystone XL Pipeline

Boston, MA.  -- Environment America’s Get Off Oil Program Director, Dan Gatti, issued this statement following the rupture of Exxon Mobil’s Pegasus pipeline on Friday afternoon, which spilled an estimated 2000 barrels of oil and caused the evacuation of 22 homes in the small town of Mayflower, Arkansas:

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News Release | Environment America

Cleaner Gasoline will lead to Cleaner Air, Lives Saved

Washington, D.C. – Today the Obama administration released their “Tier 3” standard, which will reduce the sulfur content of gasoline from 30 parts per million to 10 parts per million. Environment America’s Get Off Oil Program Director Daniel Gatti issued this statement in response:

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News Release | Environment America

New Report: Northeast States Can Make Huge Dent in Climate-Altering Pollution

Boston, MA. -- If the ten Northeast states from Maryland to Maine were a country, they would be the 10th largest emitter of climate-altering carbon pollution in the world, according to a report released today by Environment America. In 2010, the region emitted 533 million metric tons of carbon pollution, more than the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Brazil and France.

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Report | Environment America Research & Policy Center

A Double Success

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is a central strategy in the Northeastern states’ efforts to protect the region from global warming. The program, which took effect in 2009, has succeeded in cutting carbon dioxide emissions and demonstrating the effectiveness of cap-and-trade as a global warming solution while helping to sustain a growing regional economy.

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News Release | Environment America

America’s Parks, Global Warming Solutions, Mercury Pollution Limits Withstand Assaults in U.S. Senate

Washington, D.C. – Early this morning, the U.S. Senate voted for increased resources for our parks and full funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund which protects the best of our natural heritage from overdevelopment and pollution. The Senate also rejected polluter-friendly measures to block the clean-up of global warming (amendment #359) and mercury pollution (amendment #514), but voted to advance the dirty Keystone XL tar sands pipeline (amendment #494). All of these measures, offered as amendments to the Senate budget resolution, were non-binding, as was the underlying budget resolution itself. 

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