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Make Solar Energy Wildlife Friendly!
I’m a big believer in renewable energy and reducing pollution that leads to climate change, but I’m also a big believer in protecting wildlife habitat. So, what’s a person to think when the goals of renewable energy development and protecting… Read more >
Public Backlash Intensifies Against Polluter Bailout Bill
Oil companies and other polluters have once again convinced a new crop of political leaders to take a crowbar to the nation’s environmental laws and try to wedge open a few new loopholes. It first happened in 1995. Congress’ attack on the… Read more >
Spring Greening: Obama Calls for Americans to “Get Outside!”
Spring is around the corner and Americans are excited to get back outside! The Obama Administration agrees, yesterday releasing the America’s Great Outdoors report, which serves as a blueprint for how American families can reconnect to nature. The report, part of a broader… Read more >
New White House Report on Great Outdoors
Today President Obama is announcing a new conservation and recreation agenda for the country, detailed in a report entitled “America’s Great Outdoors.” The President established the America’s Great Outdoors initiative in April of 2010 and charged several government agencies to… Read more >
UPDATE – Canadian PM’s White House Visit Stirs Controversy Over Dirty Energy
President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will meet Friday and “clean energy” is reportedly on the agenda according to the Canadian Broadcasting Company. More likely to come up however is dirty energy from tar sands. A decision on the controversial Keystone XL… Read more >
American-made Electric Cars: President Obama and High School Students Agree
In last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama reiterated his goal to see 1 million plug-in and electric vehicles on the road by 2015. Electric vehicles (EVs) are a great example of the potential of American innovation to… Read more >
Big Oil’s Pipeline Scheme to Increase Midwest Gas Prices
It’s an old story: oil companies increase gas prices and their profits soar. But rarely do we get an inside view of how they manipulate markets to drive up prices, and even rarer still an opportunity to stop it from… Read more >
(VIDEO) Enviros Launch Ads Attacking Dirty Tar Sands Pipeline
A coalition of conservation and environmental groups that include NWF are calling on President Obama to put the brakes on the rush to rapid tar sands extraction that is polluting Canadian ecosystems beyond repair and killing wildlife while belching three… Read more >
Obama Presses Senate to Pass Clean Energy & Climate Bill
President Obama is sending a clear message to Senate leaders, asking them to pass clean energy & climate legislation as soon as work on financial reform is done: “This is one of these foundational priorities from my perspective that has… Read more >
Obama: “Don’t Give Up” on Carbon Cap
President Obama delivered a clear message to Senate Democrats yesterday — just because comprehensive clean energy & climate legislation is hard doesn’t mean it’s not worth doing: “Don’t give up on that,” Obama said in a televised question-and-answer session… Read more >
