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No Need for Blues, Here’s Some Green News
Oil Spill…Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: With the Cosco Busan Oil spill to clean up, the San Francisco Bay volunteers have been using a not-so-technical solution. In fact, the clean up strategy is completely organic. That’s right, a combination of hair… Read more >
Letter-to-the-Editor Campaign Delivers Strong Global Warming Message
Recently, NWF activists went the extra mile, writing letters to the editor of their local newspapers to help raise awareness about global warming and the need for action. So far we’ve had report of 31 published letters in papers across… Read more >
House Energy Vote Approaches
A few weeks ago, the U.S. Senate passed their version of an Energy Bill, drawing up a blueprint for America’s energy use in the coming year. Now the House of Representatives is working on their Energy Independence Package, and staffers… Read more >
Senate Energy Bill: Done
Yesterday afternoon the Senate voted to end debate on the energy bill, and then after a couple more hours of debate (huh?), but no important votes, the Senate passed the energy bill shortly after midnight. In the end, we support… Read more >
Take Back America: Dem. Candidates Speak out on Global Warming
Several NWF staff attended the Take Back America Conference today. Keynote speakers included Presidential candidates Bill Richardson, Barack Obama, John Edwards and Mike Gravel. I took notes during the speeches on what the candidates said regarding global warming and climate… Read more >
Senate Energy Bill: Final Week (?)
The Senate begins its second week debating the energy bill. This bill has tremendous implications for global warming and wildlife. With a handful of votes this week, the Senate could begin to put us on the necessary path of reducing… Read more >
SOTU ’07–A “Global Climate Change” Nod
Exerpt from the energy portion of President George Bush’s State of the Union address tonight: Extending hope and opportunity depends on a stable supply of energy that keeps America’s economy running and America’s environment clean. For too long our Nation… Read more >
Energy Freedom, Strings Attached
Ahhhhh, what’s an energy bill without a good name? The “American-Made Energy Freedom Act” was recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.). It’s purpose? “To establish the American-Made Energy Trust Fund, to increase the… Read more >
Top Spy Says Why Arctic is not Worth the Try
The hawkish former CIA Director James Woolsey may not fit the mold of your stereotypical environmentalist. But he’s come out against Arctic drilling, arguing as other national security advocates have, that it would only exacerbate our dependence on a resource… Read more >
