Watch now as Andy Buchsbaum and Beth Wallace from NWF’s Great Lakes Regional Center testify in front of the House Transportation and Intrastructure Committee in a hearing on the Enbridge … Read more
September, 2010
Deja Ruse: Coal Front Groups Roll Out Astroturf on Capitol Hill
Coal miners are heading to Capitol Hill for a pro-mountaintop removal rally! Totally spontaneously! Just up & went! At least, that’s what you’d think reading the Associated Press preview of … Read more
Walruses Hauling Out to Alaska Shoreline
By Larry J. Schweiger Thousands of walruses, many of them mothers and calves, have left the shrinking and thinning Chukchi Sea ice for the Alaska shoreline. The packed beaches can lead to tramplings … Read more
Walruses Forced Ashore By Melting Ice: What’s the Impact?
Today’s proof of global warming’s continuing impact on people & wildlife: Tens of thousands of walruses have come ashore in northwest Alaska because the sea ice they normally rest on … Read more
Massive Fish Kill Reported Off Louisiana
Just yesterday, we were bringing you news of new oil ashore in Lousiana. Today, there’s word of a new fish kill: Plaquemines Parish officials have asked state wildlife officials to … Read more
Entering the “Idiocene”: Watch NWF’s Climate Capsule
Posted by NWF Staff This week’s National Wildlife Federation Climate Capsule video includes NWF President & CEO Larry Schweiger’s thoughts on the influence of anti-science front groups funded by big … Read more
Blight at the Museum: Watch NWF’s Climate Capsule
An exhibit on evolution & climate at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History that doesn’t even mention manmade climate pollution or the current impacts of global warming? As we … Read more
Clean Energy Jobs Bring Michigan Together
What do wildlife enthusiasts in Northern Michigan and local energy experts and elected officials have in common? Both know just how important it is to transition to a new clean … Read more
This Just In: More Oil Ashore in Louisiana
According Bob Marshall of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, a new wave of oil came ashore in Louisiana over the weekend, coating 16 miles of beaches: “It’s just suddenly came up … Read more
Department of Education to Make University Sustainability Grant Decisions
A “University Sustainablity Program (USP),” passed by Congress as part of the Higher Education Opportunity Act (2008) and authorized at the U.S. Department of Education, will distribute grants soon through … Read more
