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Flocking to Clean Energy: Conservationists Unite Behind Offshore Wind
Hundreds of conservation and public health groups, Atlantic coast elected officials and businesses are joining together to send a loud and clear message to the Obama administration: We’re united behind wildlife-friendly offshore wind energy. The coalition sent a letter to… Read more >
Girl Power + 650 Plants + Great Partners = More Wildlife Habitat
Dozens of Girl Scout troop leaders, Verizon and Liberty Mutual employee volunteers, Certified Wildlife Habitat Owners, NWF staff, and what felt like a zillion girl scouts made my last weekend a really special day. On Saturday, June 23, 2012, thousands of… Read more >
Photo of the Day: Atlantic Harbor Seal
This Photo of the Day was donated by a participant in the annual National Wildlife Photo Contest. See more photos or sign up for the 42nd Annual National Wildlife Photo Contest. Read more >
New Jersey’s Ben Franklin Elementary is the Highlight of My Week (and a Silver Award Eco-School)
On Monday I had the privilege of traveling to New Jersey with Director Jane Nishida and Justin Harris of the US EPA Office of Regional and Bilateral Affairs to visit with our partners, Sustainable Jersey, at The College of New… Read more >
Global Dimensions: A Sustainable School Partnership Growing in Taiwan
I was very fortunate to be offered the opportunity to travel on a US EPA mission to Taiwan this week with our partners from Sustainable Jersey, Donna Drewes and Randy Solomon, and Justin Harris from the US EPA International and… Read more >
Changing the World One Backyard at a Time
Dave Wasmuth, Sabina Ernst, Anne Stires, Jose German and many National Wildlife Federation volunteers in Montclair, New Jersey are true wildlife rock stars. Over the course of six years, these wildlife rock stars–and yes, volunteers–got more than 180 Montclair homes (30… Read more >
Townhalls Inspiring Action
This past Wednesday, the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) partnered with Democracia USA, a national non-partisan Hispanic civic engagement organization, to put on a townhall-style event in Camden, NJ (outside of Philadelphia) entitled “Hispanics, the Environment, and the Impact of the… Read more >
High Altitude Wind Energy ‘Hot Spots’ Studied
High altitude wind generation is getting more serious attention these days and a new study assesses some wind energy “hot spots” in the heavens. Stuart Fox at PopSci.com reports: “With the US granting wind power plant leases off the coasts… Read more >
