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Felice is associate director of NWF's global warming solutions program. In addition to strategic direction, she leads several initiatives including NWF's dirty fuels campaign and the Fair Climate Project. Before her current efforts, Felice directed NWF's national mercury campaign and spent three years at the Natural Resources Defense Council as policy director for the Clean Air Network. She has worked on clean air and toxics policy at the state and federal level for more than 18 years and has served on several federal and local advisory committees, testified before Congress, and published numerous articles.

Dogs Among Latest Victims of Tar Sands Poison

4/27/2012 // Felice Stadler

One day last February, a man opened the front door of his cabin in Alberta, Canada, to find his dog looking quite ill. Seeing that two of his other dogs were missing, he headed out to track them down. Sadly,… Read more >

Ava's generous donation

$7 to Stop Wolf Poisoning in Tar Sands Country

2/14/2012 // Felice Stadler

The stories that have emerged from Canada over the years on all that is being sacrificed in Big Oil’s quest to mine every bit of tar sands oil, conjure up images that are haunting. Birds so heavily oiled that they… Read more >

Protesters carry an inflatable Keystone Xl pipeline around the White House during the Nov. 6th rally. (Photo: Marine Jaouen)

10,000+ Encircled the White House to Fight the Keystone XL Pipeline

11/7/2011 // Felice Stadler

Yesterday, my 9-year-old daughter, Ava, and I joined 10,000 others from around the country to encircle the White House in a show of solidarity to oppose the massive Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. After gathering with fellow NWFers to form… Read more >

Polluters Insist on More Mountaintop Mining Pollution in Exchange for Budget Deal

4/8/2011 // Felice Stadler

Outrageous. Instead of getting serious about settling the budget crisis before a government shutdown, comfortable politicians are sitting in Washington, DC and threatening to undermine all the work being done to protect Central Appalachia as a favor to polluters. Specifically,… Read more >

Taking a Visit to the Other West Virginia, Where the Mountains No Longer Stand

4/1/2011 // Felice Stadler

I’ve lived in the Washington, DC area for nearly 15 years, and having the beautiful mountains of West Virginia so close to my backyard has been a saving grace. How quickly you can find yourself lost in a mountain laurel… Read more >

Oiled tar sands duck from blogspot.com

Birds Die Slow Death in Tar Sands Sludge

10/27/2010 // Felice Stadler

Yesterday, reports surfaced that birds landed in the toxic sludge-filled lakes that surround the tar sands mines in northern Alberta. Over 120 birds had to be euthanized because they were covered in oily sludge and were suffering a slow death…. Read more >

Tar Sands Tranform Parts of Alberta to Toxic Waste Land

10/8/2010 // Felice Stadler

Felice Stadler filed this dispatch while on a tour of tar sands producing Alberta, Canada. National Wildlife Federation is working to slow production of tar sands fuels in Alberta. Tar sands are one of the dirtiest fuels in the world… Read more >

Moose and Caribou Numbers Drop from Tar Sands Production

10/8/2010 // Felice Stadler

Yesterday’s industry-led tour of Suncor’s operations, and a visit to the First Nations town of Fort McKay, gave our delegation varied perspectives on the enormity of the industry Read more >

Video – Tar Sands Bring Misery to Alberta Residents

10/6/2010 // Felice Stadler

Felice Stadler filed this dispatch while on a tour of tar sands producing Alberta, Canada. National Wildlife Federation is working to slow production of tar sands fuels in Alberta. Tar sands are one of the dirtiest fuels in the world… Read more >