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Chairman’s Mark. Get Set. GO!

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October 29, 2009 - It’s been another big week for climate champs! Over the weekend the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) released the much-anticipated Chairman’s Mark of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. more

Revitalizing contaminated lands with renewable energy

October 8, 2009 - Renewable energy is the key to America's economic prosperity and sustainable energy future. Exciting technologies for harnessing the power of the sun, the wind, and the earth's heat are continuing to be improved and embraced across the country. Individual states' mandated Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS), renewable energy tax incentives, and the growing public support for renewables is spurring the industry to unprecedented levels of development. more

Fracking: An unregulated danger to our nation's drinking water

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September 29, 2009 - Hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," is a resource extraction method used to break down underground rock formations to release natural gas or oil. To release gas trapped within thin layers of rock, natural gas producers inject a pressurized mixture of water, sand, and chemical into oil or gas wells or coalmine methane beds, a process that breaks down the formations and allows the gas to flow. more

Proposed Wilderness in Big Bend National Park

September 22, 2009 - The vast 800,000-acre expanse of Texas' Big Bend National Park is flanked by the Wild and Scenic Rio Grande River along the United States-Mexico border. In 1984, to protect the wild and remote nature of Big Bend, the administration of President Reagan recommended that Congress designate 533,900 acres of the park as federally protected wilderness. A quarter century later, Congress has still not acted on this proposal. more

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