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My Visit to Fort Jackson Bird Rescue Center
By Larry J. Schweiger I visited the bird rescue center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana today. They are preparing to receive wildlife injured from the BP oil disaster. Many will not recover. Read more >
Leilani Munter’s BP Oil Disaster Coverage
By Larry J. Schweiger National Wildlife Federation Ambassador Leilani Munter is documenting her tour of the oil spill disaster down here in Louisiana. Check out her coverage from Day one and Day two. From her interview of boat captain Kevin… Read more >
Rachel Maddow Show: Impacts on Nature Deep and Lasting
By Larry J. Schweiger Here is a clip from the Rachel Maddow show last night where I had the opportunity to talk about the wildlife impacts of the BP oil disaster. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news… Read more >
Big Oil Meets Big Nature in Louisiana
By Larry J. Schweiger I write this from Venice, Louisiana, a few days after the explosion at British Petroleum’s (BP) Deepwater Horizon oil rig set off a massive oil spill in the Gulf. Looking at the scale of the ecological… Read more >
Statement on Freeze on New Coastal Drilling
By Larry Schweiger Here is my statement on President Obama’s freeze on new coastal drilling. Go to www.nwf.org/oilspill for the latest developments on the oil spill and how you can help. “We support President Obama’s freeze on new coastal drilling,… Read more >
Climate Science Under Attack: Who Speaks and Why?
By Larry J. Schweiger The following editorial will be published in the upcoming issue of National Wildlife Federation’s National Wildlife magazine: The famed Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes understood that great revelations create great enemies. He once warned: “You… Read more >
Honoring Stewart Udall – A Fitting Tribute to a Legendary Conservationist
By Larry Schweiger I was recently rereading my tattered copy of The Quiet Crisis by Stewart Udall, who recently passed away. The last time I spoke with the former Interior Secretary was July 15, 2009. We talked about a letter… Read more >
Time to Finish the Job
By Larry Schweiger In response to National Journal’s blog question today “Does Sen. Lindsey Graham’s decision to quit the climate and energy negotiations with Sens. John Kerry and Joe Lieberman spell the end of such legislation this year?” I posted… Read more >
Video: Remembering Earth Day
Forty years ago on the first Earth Day, I took a hundred college students to see Pennsylvania’s last nesting bald eagle at Conneaut Marsh. The eggs failed to hatch because of DDT. We eventually won that battle. Read more on… Read more >
