With their orange wings with black edges, migratory monarch butterflies make a miraculous intergenerational journey of more than 3,000 miles across North America, one of the most extraordinary natural phenomena … Read more
February, 2026
Seis Recomendaciones para Ayudar a Salvar a la Mariposa Monarca
Con sus alas naranjas de bordes negros, las mariposas monarca migratorias hacen un milagroso recorrido intergeneracional de más de 4,000 kilómetros en América del Norte, uno de los fenómenos naturales … Read more
Colleges & Universities Protect Vulnerable & Endangered Species
Starting in the spring of 2025, seven colleges and universities, through support of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom and the National Wildlife Federation, launched conservation projects to help protect vulnerable … Read more
Planting the Seeds of a Just Green Workforce
I. Planting the Seed – Origins of “Green Jobs” Green jobs aren’t just job titles in a siloed sector, they’re about cultivating green skills, values, and equity across all work … Read more
Cities and Youth Climate Leaders Need Each Other. Here’s Why.
In April 2025, Harris County, the largest county in Texas (and where I call home), adopted its first-ever Climate Justice Plan. The planning process for this strategy framework was guided … Read more
Remembering Craig Tufts, NWF’s Former Chief Naturalist
The late Craig Tufts worked with the National Wildlife Federation for nearly 33 years as its beloved chief naturalist during a vibrant career. After his passing in 2009 at the … Read more
CECC Roundtable Event Recap: Data Centers, Local Perspectives, and Community Impacts
The Clean Economy Coalition of Color (CECC) is an alliance of some of the nation’s most insightful Black, Latinx/é, Indigenous, Asian, and Pacific Islander leaders and advocates of color. This … Read more
Public Lands Support American Families, Including Mine
When my wife and I adopted our son and daughter, it was not amusement parks that bonded us as a family in those early fragile days. It was public land—parks, … Read more
How Federal Funds Show Up on the Ground: CCS Project Deployment in California
In late 2025, I had the chance to visit something remarkably unremarkable: a carbon capture demonstration project outside San Francisco. Housed inside a very typical looking power generation facility was … Read more
New Research, Same Findings: Clean Energy Needs Community Engagement
If we want to fight climate change we need to deploy clean energy to meet increasing energy demands while decreasing the rate of carbon emissions. But how can we do … Read more
