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High Potential for U.S.- India Collaboration on Energy

By Stephanie Hanson on September 27, 2010

Two countries that once eyed each other warily, India and the United States are building trust through mutually beneficial partnerships on climate and energy.

Fact Sheet: U.S. Climate Action in 2009-2010

By Stephanie Hanson, compiled by Aliza Wasserman on September 20, 2010

While federal climate change legislation has stalled, federal agencies, states, and Congress made some progress on controlling greenhouse gas emissions in the past two years.

MEDIA ADVISORY: WRI to Host Panel on India-US Collaboration on Climate and Energy

September 20, 2010
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

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In advance of the summit between President Obama and Prime Minister Singh as well as the United Nations climate change negotiations in Mexico, the World Resources Institute

Fact Sheet: Policy Design for Maximizing U.S. Wind Energy Jobs

By Lutz Weischer on September 15, 2010

The United States could become a leader in wind energy jobs with the right policies in place.

EPA Must Move Now

By Jennifer Morgan on September 15, 2010

This post originally appeared on the National Journal Energy and Environment blog.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Head of German Federal Environmental Agency and President of WRI to Discuss Transition to Low-Carbon Future

September 3, 2010
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

The German Embassy and the World Resources Institute will be hosting an event to discuss policies for Germany and the United States to move to a low-carbon future, as part of the German government’s “Transatlantic Climate Bridge” initiative.

Net Annual Installed Wind Power Capacity in the United States, 1998–2009

September 2, 2010

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Job growth in the wind industry

Southern Forests: Protected Areas at Risk Due to Suburban Sprawl

August 31, 2010

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Overview

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WRI’s Jennifer Morgan Responds to InterAgency Council Review of the IPCC

August 30, 2010
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

The InterAcademy Council (IAC) released a report today detailing its findings on the processes and procedures of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

NEWS RELEASE: Chesapeake Bay Farmers Could Benefit from Nutrient Trading

August 5, 2010
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Farmers in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia could earn thousands a year in additional revenue if Congress passes legislation to create an interstate nutrient trading program – a cost-effective so

How Baywide Nutrient Trading Could Benefit Pennsylvania Farms

August, 2010

This working paper evaluates the opportunities for Pennsylvania farms to sell nutrient credits in a proposed nutrient trading program in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

Appalachian Forests Impacted by Coal Surface Mining (c. 2005)

August 4, 2010

Overview

Though the practice of mountaintop removal mining (MTR) is perhaps best-known in West Virginia, it is one of the main drivers of forest change in the entire region of

Mountaintop Removal Cuts Through Southern Forests

By Nick Price and Logan Yonavjak on July 30, 2010

New maps from SeeSouthernForests.org show the scale of forest loss from surface mining in Appalachia.

Statement by WRI's Jennifer Morgan on U.S. EPA Decision

July 29, 2010
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Today the [U.S.

AMMA Gets it Wrong on Analysis of Climate Bills

By James Bradbury on July 26, 2010

The American Materials Manufacturing Alliance makes misleading arguments in letter to Senators Kerry and Lieberman, calling for EPA to redo its modeling of the American Power Act.

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