The Energy Action Coalition has entered the “Pepsi Refresh Project,” a project giving away millions to fund great ideas with positive impacts. Read more
January, 2011
Winds of Change
Will 2011 be the year offshore wind comes to Maryland? With the start of a new legislative session, clean energy advocates across the state are working hard to make it … Read more
Hear The Stories
Get the rules to your favorite outdoor games and hear the voices of Americans who played them Read more
Gulf Oil Disaster “Might Well Recur” Absent Reform, Says Commission
Someone’s leaked a chapter of the final report of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill & Offshore Drilling. This morning, media coverage is focused mostly on … Read more
Alaska Natives Speak Out Against Pebble Mine
While visiting Anchorage I had the pleasure to join in solidarity with Alaska natives to voice my opposition to the proposed Pebble Mine – a proposal is to build one of the world’s largest gold and copper mines entrenched at the headwaters of Bristol Bay’s unparalleled wild salmon fishery. Read more
Journal article validates science that shows Asian carp on the verge of invading the Great Lakes
The cynical debate over whether Asian carp have breached an electric barrier designed to keep the menacing fish from invading Lake Michigan and the other Great Lakes can now be … Read more
Habitat Chat with George H. Harrison
GEORGE H. HARRISON knew he was on to something. While serving as managing editor of National Wildlife in 1972, he heard about two U.S. Forest Service researchers in Massachusetts who … Read more
NWF Scientist Discusses Bird Deaths on CNN
Dr. Doug Inkley says the mass bird deaths are unusual – but not unheard of. Read more
Feeling SAD? How Sunlight Affects Health
Find out why it’s important to light up your life during the winter months Read more
Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) Ecosystem Restoration Plan Moves Forward
Amanda Moore, Coastal Louisiana Organizer for the National Wildlife Federation, co-authored this post. After more than a year of tug-of-war between the state of Louisiana and the Army Corps of … Read more