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Climate Change & National Security: New messengers, with a new message
We asked a simple question. The answer - when it came from retired admirals and generals - helped shift the debate on climate change.
The Campaign Desk: Accountability in the media
If something appears often enough in the media, it is assumed to be true. But what if it isn't really true? We put the question to Columbia’s School of Journalism.
Environmental Integrity Project
When the government doesn't enforce its own laws, it often takes a courageous insider's understanding to expose the problem. We helped create a soft landing for an insider's big leap.

Updates

Mortgage Fraud Targeted

In his state of the union address, Pres. Obama announced that he would follow the recommendation of the Campaign for a Fair Settlement, an initiative RFF helped develop, and create a new federal unit to investigate the abuses and misconduct that caused the mortgage meltdown.  He’s tapped NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to lead a concerted effort.

Pres. Obama Rejects the Keystone XL Pipeline

In a decisive action that kills the proposed 1700-mile TransCanada pipeline for now, President Obama has sided with the voices of climate advocates led by RFF grantee, 350.org and its leader, Bill McKibben.  Against great political odds and the deep-pocketed backing of the oil industry, the decision marks a spectacular victory for climate progress and a new energy economy.

Victory for Paid Sick Days Legislation in Connecticut

CT Gov. Dannel Malloy signed the nation's first state-wide PSD legislation in June, 2011.

Congress fails to scale back subsidies to billion-dollar oil industry.

...saves budget-cutting fervor for clean energy. According to wasteful-spending watchdog, Taxpayers for Common Sense, the oil and gas industries receive $16 billion in federal tax breaks. The defeated measure targeted only $2 billion of the total.

Developer withdraws permit application for mega-coal port expansion.

Following Climate Solution and Columbia Riverkeeper's challenge to the permit, the developer's deception about the true size and impact of the Longview, Washington port expansion is revealed.

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