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Offshore drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
Threatens our Beaches, Oceans, Coastal Communities and Marine Life
President Bush and some members of Congress are pressing to open offshore areas that have been protected from oil drilling for many years, including the east and west coasts and Florida. But according to the Bush Administration's own Energy Information Administration, the effect of allowing drilling in these areas on oil prices would be "insignificant." And the environmental and economic costs would be huge.
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Keep Biofuels Clean
Oppose Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Safeguard Rollbacks
Current law ensures that the RFS's five-fold increase in biofuels results in better fuels, not just different dirty fuels. Proposals to strike critical safeguards will turn an important step forward into a counterproductive leap backward. Without its current land and climate safeguards, the RFS would increase greenhouse gas emissions and lead to the wholesale loss of wildlife habitat, natural forests and grasslands, and the degradation of our public lands.
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- NRDC on California Ballot Initiatives
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- Recommendation: Oppose measures that would threaten the state’s renewable energy future, but support plans to build high-speed rail
- Fact Sheets from NRDC's Legislative Staff
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- This new NRDC archive provides position statements on matters of environmental importance pending before Congress.
- Cutting Global Warming Pollution at Low Costs with the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act
- Legislative Analysis
- An analysis of the proposed Lieberman-Warner legislation showing that the global warming pollution reduction targets established by the bill can be achieved without a significant increase in the country’s total energy costs.
- Environment Watch: California
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- With the support of more than a quarter of a million California members and activists and a staff of scientists, policy experts and attorneys, NRDC plays a key role in crafting policies to safeguard clean air and water and protect California's renowned landscapes. The following pages describe NRDC's California advocacy work and include summaries of important state legislation, NRDC's positions on pending administrative decisions and our efforts to solve California's most pressing environmental problems.
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- Bottled Water Safety
- Carbon Capture and Storage Early Deployment Act
- Biofuels and the Renewable Fuel Standard
- How EPA's IRIS Program Fails The Public
- S. 2593, the Forest Landscape Restoration Act
- The Implications of Nuclear Power and Its Role in Mitigating Climate Change
- Prominent Scientists Call on EPA to Ban Endosulfan
Legislative Analysis
- Offshore Drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf
- Onshore oil and gas infrastructure damages coastal lands, economies, and communities and endangers ocean health.
- Extend Tax Credits for Energy Efficiency
- Extension of the tax credits for energy-efficient commercial buildings, homes, and appliances will save Americans money and reduce global warming pollution.
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