This morning, Gina McCarthy sat before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), poised to field their questions and secure their seal of approval as the next administrator … Read more
April, 2013
Photo of the Day: Oxbow Bend
This Photo of the Day was donated by a participant in the annual National Wildlife Photo Contest. See more photos or sign up for the 43rd Annual National Wildlife Photo … Read more
Farm to Table: Sustainable Food in Higher Education
On April 5, Campus Ecology’s Georgia Campus Sustainability Network (GCSN) hosted a workshop on sustainable food for the our Spring Topic Specific Workshop series. Thirty-seven participants from colleges and universities across the … Read more
Deepwater Horizon: The Disaster That Keeps on Harming
The devastating (but not wholly unexpected) results of a University of South Florida (USF) study suggest the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster is ongoing in the Gulf of Mexico. Foraminifera — microscopic organisms that are … Read more
Why the Otter Creek Coal Mine Will Never be Built
Guest post by Vanessa Braided Hair. Yesterday, a news station in Billings, Montana ran an interview with Arch Coal representative Mike Rowlands in which he stated that the Otter Creek coal … Read more
Let’s Count the Ways Keystone XL Approval Helps Us
A tongue-in-cheek look at the problems caused by the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Read more
Celebrating Success – Offshore Wind Comes to Maryland
We don’t often take time to mark our successes, but after three years of effort by countless advocates to bring clean offshore wind energy to Maryland, it is time to … Read more
Update on Wildlife Oiled in Arkansas Tar Sands Spill
Just got this update on the Exxon Mobil Pegasus tar sands pipeline spill from Geralyn Hoey, a National Wildlife Federation regional representative in our South Central Regional Center: On Monday, … Read more
Vote for the Face of Garden for Wildlife Month
Ready? Set? Spring! As you start to welcome Spring to your backyard, which of our contenders for the “Face of Garden for Wildlife Month” are you most excited to see? … Read more
Back in Black: Concern Over Global Warming Rising Again
A new poll released by Gallup today shows positive signs that Americans are moving back into the black when it comes to facing global climate change. Before you get lost in the lyrics to … Read more