Larry Schweiger’s Archive

The following statement was released today by National Wildlife Federation in response to President-Elect Obama’s call for climate action. See Obama’s surprise climate change video appearance at: http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/president_elect_obama_promises_new_chapter_on_climate_change/ Larry Schweiger … Read more

In his New York Times opinion piece The Climate for Change, former Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore rightly points out that: "…the bold steps that are … Read more

In the spirit of change that is coming to the land, National Wildlife Federation offers a post-election take on our changing political landscape. The National Wildlife Federation’s What’s Out and … Read more

In his victory speech last night, President-elect Barack Obama called on America to defend a "planet in peril" as one of the three great challenges of our time. President-elect Barack … Read more

Florida recently released its state Energy and Climate Change Action Plan. It’s a real winner for people and wildlife. The report’s Executive Summary outlines 50 specific policy recommendations that will … Read more

Field and Stream recently ran my opinion piece on oil shale: A Sub-Prime Energy Future on their home page. By doing Big Oil’s bidding and allowing the offshore drilling and … Read more

While the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 has critical extensions of incentives for conservation and renewable energy, it is fatally flawed because it includes substantial new subsidies for … Read more

The public wants Congress to take the urgent and necessary steps that will give consumers better energy choices, cut oil dependency and cut global warming pollution. Because of the provision … Read more

David Letterman recently spoke on his show about how we urgently need to confront the climate crisis. We need leadership and we need to find alternative forms of energy now … Read more