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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 the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, which is… Read more >
VIDEO: Poisoning Wolves to Pad Big Oil’s Profits
A powerful new video, titled ‘Cry Wolf: An Enethical Oil Story’ from our friends at DeSmogBlog, documents the senseless and cruel killing of wolves in Canada in order to conceal the impacts of booming oil and gas development on woodland… Read more >
Fund the Solution, Not the Problem
This week a couple of Members of Congress have thrown their ideas on budget cutting into the mix by proposing legislation to end all subsidies to fossil fuel industries. Led by Congressman Keith Ellison (MN) and Senator Bernie Sanders (VT),… Read more >
Infographic: Keystone XL – Big Oil’s Poison Pill
More than two full years into the fight against Keystone XL, the stakes are as high as ever. Check out these quick hits for more info on what the dangerous pipeline means for people and wildlife. Read more >
How Climate Change is Jolting Our Electric Grid: Live Blogging Today’s Senate Hearing
This hearing is one of the only ones related to climate change that Congress has held this year, so in that sense, it’s an important chance to talk about global warming, a major threat to America but one that Congress refuses to address. Read more >
Two Years Later, Dolphins Dying at Unprecedented Rates
Today marks two years since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, killing 11 men and ultimately sending more than 200 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Since the start of the spill, more than 500 dolphins have… Read more >
Outdoors-women Tells U.S. Senate to Fight Smokestack Pollution
As a life-long outdoors-woman and outreach consultant for NWF, I was thrilled to be invited to testify before the U.S. Senate Committee of Environment and Public Works sub-committee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety on April 17, 2012. My testimony… Read more >
Playing in the Shadow of the Washington Monument: Office Softball in a National Park [VIDEO]
Coaching my office softball team, The Scrubjays, is one of the best perks of my job here in Washington, DC. Every week in the summer we walk down to the National Mall, set up a field, and play softball against… Read more >
Dear Congress: More sturgeon, less pollution.
My Michigan colleague, Brenda Archambo, is on her way to testify before the U.S. Senate to help ensure that a 200-million-year-old fish species doesn’t get wiped out by smokestacks, mercury and carbon pollution. Archambo leads a conservation group focused on… Read more >
More Ways to Protect Wildlife Habitat in the 2012 Farm Bill
As the Senate and House Agriculture Committees begin work on a new farm bill, one major question they should consider is “how can we make sure that farm bill dollars are used wisely?” Earlier this month I blogged on why… Read more >
