Fossil fuels are the leading cause of climate change, and their extraction and combustion cause many other serious environmental and social impacts. For this reason, one of the most important tasks for our age is to accomplish a transition to renewable home-grown sources of energy. However, renewable energy development also has impacts and could encroach on large areas of intact forestland in northern New England. How do we decide when these new developments are truly necessary?
In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig accident – which could become the largest ecological disaster in history – a coalition of environmental organizations sent a letter to the U.S. Senate, urging them to pursue clean energy instead of the destructive and dangerous practices of oil and gas drilling.
It’s more important than ever to invest in a green economy — creating green jobs and protecting the air and water that keep us healthy. As President Obama calls for fiscal restraint in domestic spending, a coalition of public interest groups and conservation and wildlife organizations make the case for what Congress can do to create jobs while strengthening key environmental programs — all while cutting wasteful spending by nearly $20 billion per year.
The natural gas industry and its allies have lately portrayed natural gas as a "clean bridge fuel" to a more benign energy future for America. They and their political allies have called for legislation providing incentives that promote the wider use of natural gas.
