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Senate Leadership Announces Jobs Agenda which will Spur Clean Energy and Green Infrastructure 2/05/2010

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin, Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, and Senators Byron Dorgan and Chuck Schumer released a Jobs Agenda Thursday that includes billions of dollars in investment for building retrofit programs and green transit projects. Alex Wall, Environment America’s Clean Energy Associate released the following statement:

Senator Sanders and Congressman Cohen Introduce New Vision for Solar in America 2/04/2010

Senator Bernie Sanders (VT) and Representative Steve Cohen (TN) introduced today the Ten Million Solar Roofs and Ten Million Gallons of Solar Hot Water Act, which would create a national rebate program for small solar photo voltaic and hot water heating systems installed in the next ten years.

President Obama’s Budget Protects the Environment 2/02/2010

Yesterday the Obama Administration released its budget proposal for the 2011 fiscal year. The budget demonstrates President’s commitment to investing in clean energy and stopping global warming, building green infrastructure, reducing our use of dirty fossil fuels, and protecting America’s public lands and clean water, according to Environment America.

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Plug-In Cars: Powering America Toward a Cleaner Future 1/20/2010

For more than 50 years, the automobile has played a central and ever-growing role in American life. Up until recently, much of the major American automakers business model was been built around the sale of large cars and SUVs. Now, a decade into the 21st century, automakers appear to be serious about electric vehicles as the next wave of automotive technology. “Plug-In Cars, Powering America toward a Cleaner Future,” a new white paper by Environment America, gives an overview of plug-in electric cars and how they can lower global warming emissions, oil consumption and unhealthy air pollution and lays out a plan for how local, state and federal officials can increase the number of electric vehicles on the road.

Flawed from the Start: How the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute Gets the Economics of Energy Policy Wrong 1/07/2010

Madison – As the state of Wisconsin begins to consider the Clean Energy Jobs Act, legislation aimed at reducing the state’s dependence on fossil fuels and creating new jobs in the clean energy economy, Wisconsin Environment Research & Policy Center released a new report today debunking recent claims made by special interest groups attacking the initiative.

Environment America 2009 Congressional Scorecard 12/30/2009

Environment America and our federation of state environmental groups produce this regular report on key votes in Congress as one of our many tools to help citizens engage in and make an impact on environmental policy. The 2009 Congressional Scorecard released by Environment America found more environmental progress and more champions even as the group noted the challenges of enacting more significant environmental protections.