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From One Crisis to the Next: Congress Must Pass a Transportation Bill for All Users

August 3, 2011 by The Dirt ASLA
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As Congress wraps up its work on a debt ceiling deal that will avert a world-wide financial catastrophe, another crisis is looming down the road – literally. In less than 60 days, our nation’s surface transportation law will expire on September 30th, leaving the country’s highways, roads, streets, bridges and other infrastructure... [read more]

Environmental Defense: living up to its name

April 5, 2011 by Marc Gunther
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  Fred Krupp What a different just a few years can make. Hard as it is to believe, there was a time not long ago when Congress appeared to be on the verge of a bipartisan agreement to regulate global warming pollution. Republicans John McCain, John Warner, Newt Gingrich and Tim Pawlenty all supported efforts to put a cap on... [read more]

What’s beyond cap-and-trade?

October 26, 2010 by Marc Gunther
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Given that cap-and-trade is dead–yes, dead, dead, dead–what’s next for energy and climate policy in Washington? Perhaps more than you might think, even though the incoming Congress will likely be more conservative that the outgoing crew. So, at least, argued some of the Beltway  insiders and business executives brought together... [read more]

Climate Bill Through the Eyes of Utilities

September 2, 2009 by Tyler Caine
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I came across a great article on the energy blog Master Resource (of which I have become a regular reader) by Robert Peltier that focuses on some of the intricacies that may result from an eventual passage of H.R. 2454. Peltier notes on how remarks of opposition from the energy industry have been few and far between so far in the... [read more]

Helping Paper Mills Get on the Right Track

July 9, 2009 by Danielle Brigida
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Here at NWF, we're all pretty into recycling.You should see the recycling center at our headquarters-- it's a floor to ceiling distribution center, where you can recycle everything from egg cartons to batteries.   Last week I learned a rather alarming fact.  Many of America's paper and pulp mills are finding ways to get... [read more]

Will We Be Held Hostage by the Highway Lobby?

June 7, 2009 by Alex Ihnen
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In many ways providing varied, effective and green transportation options depends on funding. Not necessarily the overall amount of transportation funding, but its allocation. We should all be aware of the following developments (news from Congressional Quarterly):For more than half a century, highway advocates have been the loudest... [read more]