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The EPA Wants You

 |  May 21, 2009

Over the past week, the EPA has heard testimony from celebrities like James Bond, scientists like Dr. Amanda Staudt, and concerned Americans from Northern Virginia to Washington’s Puget Sound. They’re … Read more

Melting Ice in Alaska

 |  Mar 11, 2009

Last week a number of tribal leaders from across the United States came to Washington to lobby for strong climate change legislation. Olga Malutin is a Tribal Council Member, from Kodiak, … Read more

Wildlife Watch for Bald Eagles this Winter

 |  Dec 31, 2008

Winter can seem like a difficult time to watch for wildlife. Trees have dropped their leaves, a good number of birds have migrated south and many mammals have gone into … Read more

The Wildlife Faces of Global Warming: Alaska

 |  Dec 22, 2008

When I moved to Alaska in October of 2008 everyone back in upstate New York, where I grew up, thought I was crazy – going to one of the coldest … Read more

Bush Admin Gives Big Oil “Blank Check to Harass the Polar Bear”

 |  Jun 16, 2008

From the Associated Press: Less than a month after declaring polar bears a threatened species because of global warming, the Bush administration is giving oil companies permission to annoy and … Read more

Alaskan Teens Shedding Light on Global Warming Solutions

 |  Mar 20, 2007

Teenagers with the National Wildlife Federation’s Alaska Youth for Environmental Action (AYEA) recently started a great campaign to get Alaska residents to reduce their global warming pollution with the 3-2-1 … Read more

Rush Limbaugh Clings to His Iceberg

 |  Mar 9, 2007

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Rush is Mush: Limbaugh Denies Global Warming Impact on Polar Bears

 |  Mar 9, 2007

Poor Rush. He’s now reduced to calling weathermen liars and people who care about the plight of the polar bear wackos. Next he’ll be stealing candy from babies. Now, if … Read more

Polar Bears Threatened by Global Warming?

 |  Dec 27, 2006

The Bush administration is continuing to “look into” the potential problem of global warming, announcing today that polar bears might need to be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species … Read more

Arctic Safe and Sound?

 |  Nov 30, 2006

It looks like even our favorite Hulk-tie-wearing Senator has acknowledged that opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling will become even more difficult with the newly elected Democratic … Read more