Clean Water Act

Weekly News Roundup – June 8, 2012

Want to know what National Wildlife Federation was up to this week? Here is a recap of the week’s NWF news: Celebrate Get Outdoors Day With Help From National Wildlife … Read more

As Americans Head for Lakes and Beaches, Congress Attacks Clean Water Act Protections

As summer begins, I wonder if Americans realize how much they owe to the 1972 Clean Water Act for the clean water and healthy waterbodies they cherish. This year is … Read more

Weekly News Roundup – June 1, 2012

Want to know what National Wildlife Federation was up to this week? Here is a recap of the week’s NWF news: Let’s Go Camping! June 1 – School is out, … Read more

Hardrock Mining–Baggage in Hand–Arrives in the Great Lakes

Fueled by high metals prices, the nation’s hardrock mining boom has swept into the Great Lakes.  In a region with almost no history of hardrock or “sulfide” mining, there is … Read more

Grizzly bear

Montana Mine Could be Death Sentence for Grizzlies

The Cabinet Mountains Wilderness in northwest Montana is one of the wildest places on earth, and the only protected land in the 2.3 million acre Kootenai National Forest. Here, one … Read more

Weekly News Roundup – April 27, 2012

Want to know what National Wildlife Federation was up to this week? Here is a recap of the week’s NWF news: Senate Agriculture Committee Improves Farm Bill, but More Work … Read more

Women and the Environment, Celebrating Women’s History Month with EPA Administrator Jackson

On Monday, March 26, Jaime Matyas, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of National Wildlife Federation and I, Senior Manager of Campus Ecology at National Wildlife Federation, had the … Read more

Settle the BP Oil Spill Litigation? Maybe, But Let’s Not Let BP Shortchange the Gulf Yet Again

Next week, the long-awaited trial begins to decide the liability of BP, Transocean, Halliburton and other companies involved with the April 2010 oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The trial … Read more

New Report: Mine Waste is Poisoning Our Waters

An eye-opening new report from our friends at Earthworks and MiningWatch Canada catalogues the wide range of damage to ecosystems, wildlife and human health caused by hardrock mining and identifies … Read more

River otter by Flickr's ArcheiaMuriel

World Wetlands Day: How About A Little Respect for the Waters We Depend On?

“Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone? They pave paradise and put up a parking lot.” Joni Mitchell first sang this … Read more