Miles Grant’s Archive

Top Business Leaders Call for Climate Action Now

Check out this letter from We Can Lead signed by more than 80 CEOs, from companies ranging from airline Virgin America to electric utility Exelon. Read more

Happy Squirrel Appreciation Day!

Danielle Brigida has a great article on the National Wildlife magazine site celebrating Squirrel Appreciation Day. I called Doug Inkley, National Wildlife Federation senior scientist & knower of all things … Read more

Murkowski’s Dirty Air Attack Faces Withering Criticism

Scrutiny has especially focused on her contributions from electric utilities and Big Oil — Sen. Murkowski is among Congress’ biggest recipients of polluter cash. But as soon as today, she may move forward with her attempt to gut the Clean Air Act anyway Read more

Polluter Dirty Air Acts Come to Light – Help Stop Them

At first it seemed like simply one bad idea from one senator. But now we know the real story — a tangled web of public officials, polluter lobbyists, and efforts to gut the Clean Air Act. Read more

NWF Holds Firm on Climate & Energy Bill in 2010

“As far as we are concerned there should not and will not be an energy bill in 2010 without the pollution cap needed to unleash private investment in the clean energy economy,” said NWF’s Jeremy Symons. Read more

Pope Calls for Global Climate Treaty in 2010

Benedict’s words certainly hold true across all peoples and faiths — we have a moral responsibility to act now to protect our children & grandchildren, wildlife and natural resources from the worst effects of global warming. Read more

NWF’s Larry Schweiger Visits Yellowstone

What do you do if it’s 38 below zero outside? If you’re National Wildlife Federation President & CEO Larry Schweiger, you head out in Yellowstone National Park to get some spectacular wildlife shots. Read more

NWF Scientist Responds to Mooney’s Call to Action

Chris Mooney, who writes at Discover Magazine’s The Intersection blog, wrote an op-ed in Sunday’s Washington Post titled “On issues like global warming and evolution, scientists need to speak up”: … Read more

Swiftflop: Polluter-Pushed Scandal Fails to Slow Support for Climate Action

A new poll released by the National Wildlife Federation is revealing that Swifthack hasn’t moved the needle with voters. Read more

New Poll Reveals Broad, Deep Support for Climate Action

A new Washington Post-ABC News poll reveals some amazing numbers about support for clean energy & climate legislation — two-thirds of Americans support federal limits on global warming pollution. Read more