Weatherizing your home
Steps you can take to save energy, lower heating bills, make your home more comfortable and reduce pollution.
Clean air
Our country’s reliance on fossil fuels is leaving millions of Americans with polluted air to breathe.
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How the Inflation Reduction Act can help you move on from your gas stove
From Earth Day 1970 to 2022: A story of progress
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New study projects health benefits of rapid renewables & EV adoption
Energy Conservation & Efficiency
Groups Call on Biden to Finalize Furnace Standards to Cut Pollution
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Methane Gas Leaks
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America’s Dirtiest Power Plants
Ten Ways Your Community Can Go All-Electric
The Latest
New dashboard finds US wind, solar tripled over past decade
In 2021, America produced three times as much renewable electricity from the sun and the wind as in 2012.
Report: Damaging methane gas pipeline leaks happen every 40 hours in the U.S.
New report deails how frequent gas leaks result in death, injury and other damage to our health and environment.
RESOURCE: The 100 most polluting power plants in the U.S.
Environment America Research & Policy Center and U.S. PIRG Education Fund are releasing a new factsheet ranking America’s dirtiest power plants. Though increased renewable energy generation has led to decreased emissions from the power sector, more than 3,400 fossil-fuel power plants are still contaminating American skies and contributing to climate change.
Statement: Clean schools program means cleaner, healthier future
Vice President Kamala Harris will announce on Monday a clean schools infrastructure program, which features grant funding for public school energy upgrades, money for electric school buses, and investments in rural schools.
Statement: Weatherization funding takes advantage of the ‘cleanest energy’
President Joe Biden and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced on Wednesday $3.16 billion in new funding through the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) for residential energy upgrades.