Live Earth Every so often you find yourself not only witnessing, but in the middle of, a defining moment in history. Tomorrow I’m heading to Giants Stadium to attend the … Read more
Larry Schweiger’s Archive
Changing Climate on Capitol Hill
If you’ve watched C-SPAN at all recently, you’ve witnessed a monumental shift occurring on Capitol Hill. Or, you’ve fallen off your chair in disbelief. For the first time, both the … Read more
Today, the Eagle Soars
Today marks an important moment in our nation’s conservation history and it’s one that conservationists everywhere will look back on with pride – on June 28, 2007, we officially removed … Read more
What Would Ding Say?
In 1936, at the North American Wildlife Conference, legendary conservationist and political cartoonist "Ding" Darling addressed a group of conservationists to discuss how to best address the most pressing issues … Read more
Senate Steers Energy Policy in New Direction
Last night after midnight, the U.S. Senate voted to improve fuel efficiency standards, a major step forward in the fight to solve global warming. The nation’s energy plan was long … Read more
Great American Backyard Campout This Saturday
Remember what it was like to go camping on a warm summer night? The fresh air, sitting around the campfire, making s’mores? Camping was one of my favorite parts of … Read more
Sportsmen Seeing Global Warming
I recently went to Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky to talk with the League of Kentucky Sportsmen about their conservation priorities. Like other sportsmen’s groups around the country that I’ve been talking … Read more
Catch the Wave
Last week when I was in Boulder, Colorado, I met Representative Cynthia Thielen from Hawaii. We had a fascinating discussion on the possibility of wave power. She sent over some … Read more
Showing the Way: Corporate Leadership
Intel and Google announced yesterday that they are coming together with a consortium of major technology companies to implement the Climate Savers Computing Initiative. This energy-saving initiative will reduce global … Read more
NASA Stresses Ten-Year Window
New research from NASA and the Columbia University Earth Institute warns of severe consequences from global warming if we do not curb our production of global warming pollution within the … Read more
