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Congressional Inaction on Production Tax Credit Threatens to Stop Major Boost for Employment WASHINGTON, Sept. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Each major wind farm in America creates nearly 1,100 jobs and can add tens of millions of dollars in new taxes and other benefits to the communities where they're located, according to two new reports from the Natural Resources Defense Council. A new 250-megawatt wind farm will create 1,079 jobs throughout the many steps of building that...

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Go to your refrigerator. Now take almost half the food out and throw it in the trash. That’s what the typical American does, wasting up to 40 percent of the nation’s food supply, according to a new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council. The nonprofit and nonpartisan environmental advocacy group said that $165 billion of food products go uneaten every year, which equals approximately $2,275 per household. The report...

April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online According to a report released Thursday by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Texas is the 10th worst state in the nation when it comes to exposing residents to toxic air pollution from coal-fired plants. Unfortunately, that's not all the report had to say about the Lone Star State. Texas also ranked 10th in toxic air pollution from the electric sector, emitting nearly 10.5 million pounds of harmful chemicals. This...

'Toxic 20' States: KY, OH, PA, IN, WV, FL, MI, NC, GA, TX, TN, VA, SC, AL, MO, IL, MS, WI, MD, DE WASHINGTON, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Residents of Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania are exposed to more toxic air pollution from coal-fired power plants than in any other state, according to an analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). At the same time, the report found a 19 percent decrease in all air toxics emitted from power plants in 2010, the most...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Even though the number of contamination-related closing and advisory days at beaches in the United States decreased 3% from last year, pollution levels at these summer getaway spots were still at their third highest level over the past 22 years, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) claims in a new report. The "Testing the Waters" study, which was released on Wednesday, analyzed data from 3,000 beaches nationwide and...

HARRISBURG, Pa., June 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In advance of a panel discussion on hydraulic fracturing regulations, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Mike Krancer today outlined in a letter to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) some perspectives that the organization missed in its May 2012 report, "In Fracking's Wake: New Rules are Needed to Protect Our Health and Environment from Contaminated Wastewater." Krancer will take part...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy all agree: better understanding of the evolving automotive landscape can lead to informed vehicle choices that move us toward a more sustainable future. CarsOfChange.com(TM) - an all-new auto enthusiast website launched by recognized industry authority Ron Cogan - is an important resource that now fills this need....

On Eve of Inhofe Vote to Repeal EPA Mercury Standards, "Price of Pollution Politics" Links Emissions to Lobbying Efforts by AEP, Ameren, DTE Energy, Energy Future Holdings, FirstEnergy, GenOn, PPL and Southern Company - Headquarters in GA, IL, MI, OH, PA and TX. WASHINGTON, June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As eight leading U.S. utilities spent millions of dollars lobbying and litigating to block, weaken or delay major Clean Air Act safeguards, their coal-fired power plants...

NRDC: Countries need to do more, beginning with Rio+20 Earth Summit WASHINGTON, June 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. production of renewable energy has increased by more than 300 percent in the past decade, but the United States still lags far behind Europe and Indonesia and is only slightly ahead of Mexico in the percentage of electricity it gets from renewable sources, according to a new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council. European countries, led by...

WASHINGTON, June 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On the eve of the Rio+20 Earth Summit, a new Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) report ranks the world's biggest countries on their deployment of renewable energy and shows how better policies can significantly increase renewable energy deployment in the G20 countries and worldwide. Please join NRDC experts and others on Monday, June 11 at 10:30 a.m. EDT/3:30 P.M. London (BST) for a discussion on where the United States and...