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Renewable Energy: Consistent Funding Needed to Build Smart Today, Compete Tomorrow PDF

Congressional budget battles will have major impacts on whether and how environmentally-friendly solar, wind, geothermal, and transmission facilities are built on public and private lands over the coming months and years.  Budget allocations in both the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Department of Energy (DOE) will shape how fast, how well, and ultimately how much needed new renewable energy is built in America. Consistent funding for critical programs even in these lean budget times is needed to build smart today and to compete in the global market of tomorrow.

Land and Water Conservation Fund FY 2010: Comprehensive List of Projects and Programs PDF

The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) uses fees from offshore drilling permits to acquire critical lands within park, refuge, forest, BLM land boundaries. In Fiscal Year 2010, $266 million has been allocated to LWCF for protection of important places such as the Cascade Siskiyou National Monument in Oregon, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan, and the Lewis & Clark National Forest in Montana, among others listed here.

Conserving America's Landscapes PDF

Congress created the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) in 1965 to meet the nation’s growing desire to preserve natural areas, culturally and historically significant landmarks, and outdoor recreational opportunities. The LWCF program has added millions of acres to our national parks, national wildlife refuges, national forests, national historic and scenic trails, wild and scenic river corridors, Bureau of Land Management lands, and other federal lands.

Land and Water Conservation Fund PDF

An overview of the Land & Water Conservation Fund — its origins and history, how it has been underfunded, and what can be done to restore it.

Green Budget 2010 PDF

This report, referred to as the Green Budget, highlights the environmental communities’ Fiscal Year 2010 National Funding Priorities. The Green Budget, prepared annually by a coalition of national environmental and conservation organizations, illustrates how an infusion of federal money can help meet the environmental challenges of climate change and sustain our nation’s lands, waters and other natural resources.

Public Lands Briefing Book Funding Chart PDF

This spreadsheet outlines Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund, Forest Legacy and Stateside LWCF, and Total Federal and Stateside LWCF Budget and Interior Appropriations.

Public Lands Briefing Book for 111th Congress PDF

With Congress back in session, our staff and policy experts have been working full-speed with members of the presidential transition team and with members of Congress to prepare them on steps they can quickly take to right many of the environmental wrongs of the past eight years.

Green Budget FY 2008 PDF

 The following report provides an "investor's guide" to Federal environmental programs. It outlines the most critical needs for many important environmental programs, with an emphasis on those most in need of immediate attention.

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