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Weekly News Roundup – February 1, 2013
Want to know what National Wildlife Federation was up to this week? Here is a recap of the week’s NWF news: Report: America’s Wildlife Struggling to Keep Up with Changing Climate January 30-The climate crisis is already changing the playing… Read more >
A Changing Climate and Keystone XL — Yes They’re Connected
Are you familiar with tar sands oil? It’s the black sheep of the oil family. It’s extremely difficult to get out of the ground (using three times as much water as extraction of crude), it produces lake sized reservoirs of toxic… Read more >
Thousands Brave the Cold to Say NO to Tar Sands in New England
Sub-zero temperatures were no match for an enthusiastic crowd in Portland, who protested a plan to bring the world’s dirtiest oil through their backyard. Read more >
Protecting Our National Treasures by Confronting Climate Change
Today, the National Wildlife Federation is releasing a major new report, Wildlife in a Warming World, outlining how climate change is threatening wildlife and ecosystems across the country. As someone with deep roots in the natural world — a proud Montanan whose… Read more >
Next Step? A Clean Energy Jobs Race to the Top
Empowering states to capture clean energy opportunity I know I’m not alone in feeling growing anxiety about the changes to the natural world I’ve seen in my lifetime, or in my rising concern as I flip through the newspaper and… Read more >
Inauguration Cherry Blossoms: A Harbinger of Climate Impacts to Come
Making my way across the grounds of the Washington Monument yesterday to witness Barack Obama’s second inauguration, I came across a disconcerting sight. Lulled by unseasonably warm temperatures and a false sense of spring, the pale pink petals of young… Read more >
Judge Takes Away Critical Polar Bear Habitat
A federal judge in Alaska has decided to deny polar bears something they desperately need—critical habitat. The timing of this announcement could not be worse. The bears saw their Arctic ice habitat melt to a record-shattering low this past summer, a sign… Read more >
Draft National Climate Assessment Report Available for Public Review
A long-awaited report on how climate change is affecting the United States will be released for public review on Monday, January 14. The Third National Climate Assessment is the most comprehensive review of U.S. climate impacts to date. It includes analyses… Read more >
Keystone XL Paints Bleak Future for Caribou
I remember seeing the images of the tar sands region in Alberta, Canada for the first time: a lifeless wasteland of massive open pit mines, smokestacks spewing thick black fumes, and toxic waste ponds. “How can this happen?” I thought,… Read more >
Coal Companies Under the Microscope For Taxpayer Ripoff
The world’s biggest polluters may have finally overstepped their bounds. Will it help shut down their plans to ship millions of tons of coal to Asia every year? Read more >
