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Taxpayers Outspend Private Insurers 3:1 on Climate Disruption Costs WASHINGTON, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. taxpayers paid nearly $100 billion responding to damages caused by last year's extreme weather events associated with climate change, about $1,100 per taxpayer, according to an analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council released today. By paying nearly $100 billion, taxpayers--through the federal government--spent more on climate change cleanup than on...

Poll Shows Latinos Overwhelmingly Support Obama Call For Action on Industrial Carbon Pollution WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- About three out of four Latinos believe that climate change is a serious problem and a substantial majority support President Obama using his authority to reduce its main cause: dangerous carbon pollution, according to a national poll of 1,218 registered voters conducted after last week's State of the Union speech for the Natural...

Environmental, Small Business and Farm Leaders Welcome President Obama's Vow to Reduce Threat WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sixty-five percent of Americans think that climate change is a serious problem and a substantial majority support President's Obama using his authority to reduce its main cause, dangerous carbon pollution, according to a national poll of 1,218 registered voters conducted immediately after last night's State of the Union speech for the...

Top Ten States with Greatest Percentage of Locations with Record-Breaking Heat: TN, WI, MN, IL, IN, NV, WV, ME, CO, MD NEW YORK, Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In 2012, there were at least 3,527 monthly weather records for heat, rain and snow broken by extreme weather events that hit communities throughout the U.S., according to an updated interactive extreme weather mapping tool and year-end review released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council. The 2012 tally...

Alan Baum and NRDC Expert Outline Key Trends Likely to Dominate Fuel Efficiency Picture in New Year; Consumers Seen As Beneficiaries of More Choices, Lower Prices, and Improved Technology WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following this year's clean vehicle advances, fuel efficiency is on a fast track for drivers in the New Year. According to industry analyst Alan L. Baum, principal of Baum &Associates, and Luke Tonachel, Natural Resources Defense Council...

$1 Billion Loss Experienced By Winter Sports Industry, Future Impacts Could be Larger; Consequences for CA, CO, ME, MT, NH, NM, NY, OR, PA, UT, VT and WA Highlighted. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new economic analysis details how the $12.2 billion winter tourism industry spread out across 38 states has experienced an estimated $1 billion loss and up to 27,000 fewer jobs over the last decade due to diminished snow fall patterns and the resulting changes in...

Climate Change Will Deal Huge Financial Blow to $12.2 Billion Ski and Snowmobile Industry; Consequences for CA, CO, ME, MT, NH, NM, NY, OR, PA, UT, VT and WA to be Highlighted. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new analysis conducted for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Protect Our Winters (POW) will detail the devastating economic impact that climate change could have on the U.S. winter tourism industry. The analysis finds that the $12.2 billion...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Experts at the Natural Resources Defense Council today unveiled a groundbreaking proposal to sharply cut carbon pollution from America's power plants, featuring a unique federal-state partnership and flexibility for plant owners that will hold down costs and improve Americans' health. NRDC's innovative proposal calls for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to use its authority under the Clean Air Act to set standards for...

Separating Fact From Fiction: Model Year and Calendar Year 2012 Are Best Ever For Greenest Vehicles WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- It's time to give unfairly maligned green cars the respect they earned in a major way in 2012, according to auto analyst Alan L. Baum and Natural Resources Defense Council senior vehicles analyst Luke Tonachel. "The facts are in: consumers now have more opportunities and they are indeed buying green, fuel-efficient vehicles across...

Nevada, New Mexico, Florida and Virginia Presidential, Senate Races Seen As Ripe for Major Clean Air/Clean Energy Appeal to Latino Voters; Results Suggest Massive Dirty Energy Ad Campaign Is Not Swaying Key Electoral Group. WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Latino voters in four swing states -- Nevada, New Mexico, Florida and Virginia -- decisively favor candidates for president and the U.S. Senate who support clean air and clean energy policies over...