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Most Recent NewsEnvironment Washington Urges Passage of Wilderness Protection Bill 3/16/2010This afternoon, the House of Representatives will vote on H.R. 1769, The Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act, sponsored by Representative Dave Reichert (R-WA). Senate Energy Committee Holds Hearing on Building Efficiency Programs 3/11/2010Today the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will review proposals that would reduce pollution and create hundreds of thousands of clean energy jobs over the next two years through programs that make our homes and buildings more energy efficient. Barbour Letter Countered by Governors Representing a Nearly Equal Portion of the Country 3/10/2010The U.S. governors who have publicly opposed recent efforts in Congress to block the Clean Air Act represent a nearly equal portion of the U.S. population as do the governors who signed today’s letter spearheaded by Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, a former utility industry lobbyist, according to an Environment America analysis. Most Recent ReportsPlug-In Cars: Powering America toward a Cleaner Future 2/11/2010America’s current fleet of gasoline-powered cars and trucks leaves us dependent on oil, contributes to air pollution problems that threaten our health, and produces large amounts of global warming pollution. Wasting Our Waterways: Industrial Toxic Pollution and the Unfulfilled Promise of the Clean Water Act 1/28/2010Industrial facilities continue to dump millions of pounds of toxic chemicals into America’s rivers, streams, lakes and ocean waters each year—threatening both the environment and human health. Congressional Scorecard 2009 12/30/2009The 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. Environment America is releasing the scorecard as part of its campaign to pass legislation in Congress to repower our economy with clean energy and cut global warming pollution. |