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Weekly News Roundup – June 23, 2011
National Wildlife Federation’s offices are closed tomorrow, so here is an early a recap of the week’s National Wildlife Federation news: Keystone XL Pipeline Bill Passes House Committee June 23, 2011 – After passing through subcommittee last week, the House… Read more >
Weakening the Clean Water Act Would Be Otter Nonsense
River otters may now be at risk from recent Supreme Court decisions. Act now to restore the Clean Water Act. Read more >
Climate Capsule: Clean Air Act, Tool to Tackle Climate
Happy Summer Solstice from the Climate Capsule! This week’s stories: Highlight of the Week: Supreme Court Rules on Climate Science Quote: Jeremy Symons, NWF Senior VP, Conservation & Education Economic Story of the Week: Regional cap-and-trade systems to thrive Editorial… Read more >
Conservative Supreme Court Justices Affirm Climate Science
Today’s decision by the Supreme Court in American Electric Power v. Connecticut may have foreclosed (for now) the possibility of states using federal common law to seek carbon pollution limits on some of our country’s dirtiest coal power plants, but… Read more >
An Opportunity for the Supreme Court to Hold Polluters Accountable
Today I attended arguments at the US Supreme Court over the question of what role the courts should play in holding polluters accountable for climate change. The Players On one side of the case we had five biggest electric power… Read more >
After Five Years and Legal Wrangling, Agency Finally Protects South Carolina Wetland
On November 1, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reasserted basic federal Clean Water Act protections for a 31-acre coastal wetland in Horry County, South Carolina, near Murrells Inlet. That’s the good news. Read more >
We the Corporations of the United States …
By Larry J. Schweiger There is an old expression: “Money speaks and politicians listen.” With public confidence in Congress at a low point, the last thing America now needs is to have big energy companies trying to buy elections and… Read more >
Water Pollution Dampens Summer Fun
August: the month where every spare moment is spent around water—swimming, fishing, boating, beachcombing. As summer wanes, you might consider how much clean streams, lakes and beaches mean to you and your loved ones. Sadly, this moment of reflection is… Read more >
Dirty Politics for Dirty Fuels
(as published in National Wildlife Federation’s National Wildlife, Aug/Sept. 2009) Many of you wrote letters and placed phone calls to your members of Congress in support of the American Clean Energy and Security Act to protect wildlife from global warming,… Read more >
Will Congress Act Soon to Protect the Nation’s Waters?
Given how much we all depend on clean water, the answer should be a no-brainer. But believe it or not, this is a decision that each member of Congress now faces and–remarkably–many seem to be struggling to do the right… Read more >
