On August 29th, in a significant step towards achieving the Biden administration’s goal to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) … Read more
August, 2023
Construction is Underway on the First Large Offshore Wind Farm in the U.S.!
On August 3, the New England for Offshore Wind Coalition, Environmental League of Massachusetts, and offshore wind developer Avangrid hosted a boat tour of the construction site for the Vineyard … Read more
Celebrating History by Fighting for Our Democracy and Our Environment
As we celebrated the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington this past weekend, it is a critical time to reflect on the progress we’ve made and the fight that … Read more
Carbon Removal Meets Environmental Justice: A Fellow’s Perspective
Set up in their on-site warehouse, company leadership gathered perhaps fifty people, myself included, around a large presentation screen to show what went into building and deploying their climate-saving direct … Read more
The Earth Tomorrow Summer Institute Brings Environmental Justice to Youth
In an urban setting 5 miles south of downtown Atlanta, we walked under the shaded canopy of trees to visit Grandfather Beech. Standing tall and proud at over one hundred … Read more
Planting the Storytelling Seed
A Reflection of an Environmental Storytelling Workshop For the past year I have been a part of the Chesapeake Conservation Corps (CCC) working with the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) Mid-Atlantic … Read more
Head Back to School With the New EcoSchools!
Just as students get excited watching the metamorphosis of a butterfly from an egg to an adult, the National Wildlife Federation’s K-12 education team is bursting with enthusiasm and excitement … Read more
First Year of Climate Law Shows Progress and Promise
One year ago, on August 16 2022, President Biden signed into law the most transformative investments in fighting climate change, environmental justice, and resource conservation ever. While much of the … Read more
50 Years of the Endangered Species Act: Protected Marine Animals
2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA), a landmark federal legislation that is hailed for protecting hundreds of species across the country. This essential law … Read more
Disappearing Before Our Very Eyes, Louisiana Embraces the Power of Nature to Save its Coast
I was in a work Zoom meeting when the ‘Save the Date’ for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion groundbreaking came across my inbox. Though I’d been expecting it, I still paused … Read more
