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Washington Post Calls for “Smart” Senate Clean Energy & Climate Bill

,  |  Apr 5, 2010

Today’s Washington Post gets behind the efforts of Senators John Kerry, Lindsey Graham & Joe Lieberman to craft bipartisan clean energy & climate legislation. Read more

New Developments on Senate Climate Bill – And What We Have to Gain

 |  Mar 18, 2010

There was a flurry of new developments on a Senate clean energy & climate bill yesterday. Read more

Unfinished Business

 |  Nov 19, 2009

Here is my posting on National Journal’s blog in response to Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid’s announcement Tuesday that Democrats will wait until to spring to debate climate legislation on … Read more

We’re in Our Best Position Ever for Federal Legislation to Safeguard Wildlife From Climate Change

 |  Oct 27, 2009

Download TESTIMONY OF LARRY SCHWEIGER-10-28-09 Tomorrow I’ll be testifying in front of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on the need to safeguard wildlife and natural resources and the … Read more

Nicely Done in South Carolina

 |  Oct 14, 2009

Nice job by Ben Gregg of the South Carolina Wildlife Federation on a National Wildlife Federation telepress briefing today where Ben reiterated what Senators Graham and Kerry said Saturday: that … Read more

Old Fashioned, Bipartisan Leadership

 |  Oct 12, 2009

Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and John Kerry (D-MA) are showing old-fashioned and responsible, bipartisan leadership to protect our planet. In their joint Op-Ed Yes We Can (Pass Climate Legislation) in … Read more

Make the Call Today

 |  Oct 1, 2009

All week we’ve been talking about the wildlife and wild places that need your help. Frogs are dying out. National parks face threats from severe drought and storms. Bears can’t … Read more

Can We Learn from Bears?

 |  Sep 30, 2009

Hibernating bears have been an overlooked phenomenon for too long. If we could isolate and reproduce their chemistry, it would be a huge leap for health and science. Fortunately, scientists have … Read more

The Frogs are Croaking

 |  Sep 28, 2009

Here’s some bleak news for a Monday: Up to 1/3 of amphibians today are at risk for extinction, according to the Global Amphibian Assessment and a recent post to Bright … Read more

Education for a Clean Energy Economy

,  |  Sep 17, 2009

As a former humanities student and avowed right-brainer, I sometimes wonder whether my education couldn’t have been more, well, useful. Don’t get me wrong: it was nice to spend four … Read more