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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

Strong Energy Efficiency Provisions in Energy Bill Would Save American Families $832 per Year, Create 1 Million New Jobs, and Avoid Nearly 1 Billion Tons of Pollution by 2030

American households would save an average of $832 per year and over one million sustainable jobs would be created in the United States by 2030 if Congress acts now to include strong energy efficiency improvements in energy and climate legislation, according to a report released today by Environment America and the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy. The report, Energy Efficiency in the American Clean Energy Security Act of 2009: Impacts of Current Provisions and Opportunities to Enhance the Legislation,  analyzed the economic and environmental benefits of improving upon the energy efficiency provisions in the House-passed energy and climate bill. The energy efficiency policies analyzed in the report would also avoid more than 900 million tons of global warming emissions.    

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News Release | Environment America

Governor Crist’s Fence-Sitting on Offshore Drilling

Statement of Environment Florida Advocate Adam Rivera Concerning Governor Crist’s Fence-Sitting on Offshore Drilling While A Large Oil Spill is Floating in the Gulf of Mexico

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Report | Environment America

The High Cost of Fossil Fuels

America is at an energy crossroad. As a nation, we are dependent on fossil fuels at a time of growing demand and dwindling supply. Meanwhile, fossil fuel use continues to impose massive environmental and economic costs. Now our country must choose between paying to continue the status quo and investing in a new energy future.

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News Release | Environment America

Dependence on Big Oil, Dirty Coal Could Cost U.S. $30 Trillion By 2030

Between 2010 and 2030, the United States will spend as much as $30 trillion on oil, coal, and other fossil fuels - nearly four times the total earnings of all American workers in 2007.  At the same time, pollution from fossil fuels is the number one source of air and global warming pollution and a leading source of water pollution, said Environment America in a new report analyzing government data on energy.

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Report | Environment America

Building a Better Future: Moving Toward Zero Pollution with Highly Efficient Homes and Businesses

A comprehensive plan to make our nation’s buildings more efficient by 2030 could save enough energy to power all of our nation’s cars, homes and businesses for a year and a half while saving Americans more than $500 billion. By renovating old buildings and ensuring that new ones use 50 percent less energy within ten years and generate as much energy as they use by 2030, we can cut U.S. global warming emissions by at least 34 percent by 2050.

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