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Students Connecting the Dots: Sandy, Energy and the Future
Speaking yesterday to two classes of students and members of the President’s Council on Sustainability at University of Mary Washington, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Jeremy Symons, NWF’s Senior Vice President for Conservation and Education, discussed with students some of the links… Read more >
Sandy’s Mandate: When Political Reality Meets Climate Reality
Whatever happens on November 6th, the tragic scenes unfolding across the 19 states impacted by Superstorm Sandy have realigned American politics when it comes to climate change. The road to Election Day has gone from sarcastic remarks in Tampa, to… Read more >
How Arctic Sea Ice Loss Can Set the Stage for Superstorms
As the east coast begins efforts to recover from Hurricane Sandy, the devastating effects of climate change are impossible to miss. Bigger, more powerful storms. More rainfall and higher storm surge. These are exactly the sorts of impacts that climate… Read more >
Sandy: Send the Bill to ExxonMobil
The heroic efforts of people coming together to assist each other in the face of Hurricane Sandy give me great hope for how we work together to overcome adversity. If we look at this storm and all the increasing toll of… Read more >
Hurricane Sandy’s Impact on Fish and Wildlife
Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the East Coast this week and due to its unusual West-turning track, it came ashore midway in the eastern “Megalopolis” with its 65 million people. Virginia and Maryland were drenched and pummeled and New York and New Jersey… Read more >
East Coast Faces Monstrous Halloween Hurricane: How is Climate Change Fueling Sandy?
As Hurricane Sandy barrels up the East Coast, forecasters are giving it nicknames that sound like the title of a disaster movie: Frankenstorm. The Perfect Storm II. All point to the grave danger of a monster storm fueled by the… Read more >
