Miles Grant’s Archive

Game Changer on the Road: 230 Miles Per Gallon

Mysterious ads have been popping up around DC recently, featuring “230 8-11” with a smiling outlet for the 0. We just found out what all the fuss is about: The … Read more

Video: NWF’s David Mizejewski on The Today Show

National Wildlife Federation Naturalist David Mizejewski helps celebrate Hoda Kotb’s birthday with an array of amazing animals: Read more

Polluter Front Group Lies About Big Oil Funding

Tim Phillips, the president of Americans for Prosperity, was a guest on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow show last night. AFP has spent years fighting against clean energy and climate action, working … Read more

Reno 911! Global Warming Threatens Biggest Little City in the World

Could the short-shorts so infamously worn by a character on Comedy Central’s Reno 911! ever be appropriate? What if average temperatures rise 11 degrees in the lifetime of a child … Read more

If That’s An Army, What’s NWF?

Remember the “American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity” (ACCCE)? That’s the group that hired a lobbying firm in an effort to stop comprehensive climate & energy legislation. The lobbying firm … Read more

Coal’s Dirty Money Funding Anti-Climate Bill Campaign

The coal industry and utilities have already spent an incredible $77.8 million on lobbying Congress this year. And that figure doesn’t even include all those television ads that bombard the … Read more

Fed Govt. Gets Greener (Oh, and Saves $102 Million)

Sometimes articles about government tightening its belt and articles about government trying to save money can sound awfully similar. Case in point – today’s Wall Street Journal: The Justice Department … Read more

230% Return on Investment? Where Do I Sign Up?

What if someone told you that by spending just $43, you could make $100 back? Sounds like a great deal to me. Well, that’s the potential return on investment of … Read more

Insurers Call for Climate Action

A coalition of insurance groups and conservation advocates has just sent a joint letter (PDF) to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) highlighting “the urgent need to move away from the carbon … Read more

Video: Handling Hawks in an Urban Habitat

Residents of the Washington, DC area have watched in wonder over the last few decades as hawks have slowly returned to the area. There was even a “scandal” a couple … Read more