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Pentagon Report Cites Climate Change Risks
WASHINGTON (February 1, 2010) -- The Defense Department today identified global climate change as “an accelerant of instability” that could have “significant geopolitical impacts” that "may spark or exacerbate future conflicts." The findings were contained in the Pentagon’s Quadrennial Defense Review.
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President Obama Releases FY '11 Federal Budget
WASHINGTON (February 1, 2010) -- In response to President Obama's budget proposal for fiscal year 2011 released today, Wesley Warren, Director of Programs, issued the following statement:
With this budget, President Obama is starting to usher in a clean energy economy. That means more jobs, less carbon pollution and a more secure nation....
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President Obama Announces Ambitious Goal for Federal Government to Reduce Global Warming Pollution
WASHINGTON (January 29, 2010) -- President Obama today announced Executive Order 13514 on Federal Sustainability which will call for the Federal Government to cut its global warming pollution by 28 percent by 2020.
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Congress Should End Tax Breaks for Polluters, Invest in Green Economy
WASHINGTON (January 28, 2010) -- As President Obama calls for fiscal restraint in domestic spending, a coalition of conservation and wildlife organizations echoed the call and released a Green Budget report today outlining what Congress can do to create jobs while strengthening key environmental programs -- including cutting wasteful spending by nearly $20 billion per year. (Click here for the report, a short video about the need to invest in a green economy, and more.)
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NRDC Action Fund Launches Star-Studded Video Campaign to Spur Action on Clean Energy
January 28, 2010 (NEW YORK) -- On the heels of President Obama’s push to move America toward a clean energy economy in his State of the Union address last night, the NRDC Action Fund today launched This is Our Moment, a web-based video campaign urging Congress to pass the first-ever climate and clean energy bill, currently pending in the Senate. The campaign kicks off with the release today of a star-studded video call-to-action that includes Jason Bateman, Chace Crawford, Leonardo DiCaprio, Felicity Huffman, Justin Long, Edward Norton, Emmy Rossum and Forest Whitaker.
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