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American Clean Energy and Security Act Clears House

June 26, 2009 - The House of Representatives made history today by passing the American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454), a bill sponsored by Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.). Bill Meadows, President of The Wilderness Society, released this statement upon passage of the bill. more

Long-overdue release of national climate assessment draws praise

June 17, 2009 - After five years of slow-walk, scuttle, and delay by the Bush Administration, the Obama Administration is letting global warming science speak for itself with the release today of Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States, a synthesis of years of peer-reviewed climate research conducted by 13 federal agencies beginning more than a decade ago. more

References on the science behind global warming

May 22, 2009 - As the Waxman-Markey climate bill makes it way through Congress, it is more critical than ever to understand the basic science behind global warming. The Wilderness Society has developed a fact sheet on this topic, complete with graphics, that concisely explains how our atmosphere is changing with rising greenhouse gas emissions. Click for a high-resolution image expaining global warming that may be used by the media with credit to The Wilderness Society. more

The truth about oil shale

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May 15, 2009 - It’s been called fool’s gold for a reason. When Exxon terminated the Colony Oil Shale Project in 1982, Americans living around the Piceance Basin near Parachute Creek, Colorado began referring to that day as Black Sunday due to the disastrous effects it had on their communities and livelihoods. more

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