By Larry J. Schweiger In addition to cleaning up our air pollution that causes global warming, the American Power Act will reduce America’s federal government spending by $19 billion over … Read more
Larry Schweiger’s Archive
Joe Romm and Climate Change: It’s Personal
By Larry J. Schweiger I recommend Joe Romm’s book Straight Up. I saw Joe speak recently to The Climate Project presenters in Nashville, Tennessee and was struck by the title … Read more
Global Warming? 97% of Experts Agreee
A new National Academy of Sciences study finds 97 percent of the climate scientists agree that global warming is driven mainly by human activity – emissions of carbon dioxide and … Read more
Imagine your world…covered in oil
By Larry J. Schweiger Since National Wildlife Federation has been working so hard to make sure the impacted wildlife have a voice in the continuing BP oil disaster, many people … Read more
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
By Larry J. Schweiger I had the honor of delivering the Michaux Lecture at the Conservation Leaders Summit in Valley Forge, my home state of Pennsylvania. My talk “Pennsylvania Conservation: Standing … Read more
Be Part of the Story – Join CNN Telethon Tonight 8 pm Eastern
Wildlife have no voice unless we speak up for them. Join tonight at 8 pm Eastern on CNN’s Larry King Live telethon to help the wildlife, people and communities impacted … Read more
Helping Wildlfe and People
By Larry J. Schweiger From an interview I gave this morning with Fox Boston, here are some powerful, tragic images of pelicans impacted by the BP oil spill. To help hold … Read more
So many clean energy opportunities at our doorstep
By Larry J. Schweiger I’m speaking this morning to a number of media outlets on how we need to oppose the Keystone XL Pipeline project that will cross six states and … Read more
Tar Sands Report – Why Dirty Fuels Don’t Make Sense for America
By Larry J. Schweiger Download NWF_TarSands_final_pages Today National Wildlife Federation is releasing a new report Staying Hooked on a Dirty Fuel: Why Canadian Tar Sands are a Bad Bet for … Read more
BP Out of Compliance with Worker Safety Laws
By Larry J. Schweiger Download OSHAmemotoAdmAllen Here is last week’s “Smoking Gun” memo from a senior official of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to Admiral Thad Allen, the National … Read more