Ranger Rick Goes to Bonnaroo and Reminds Twentysomethings Just How Much They’ve Missed Him
Last week, the National Wildlife Federation joined a new community. We gathered up our camping gear, piled into two cars, and started out toward Manchester, Tennessee for our first visit to …
Department of the Interior Ushers the U.S. One Step Closer to Offshore Wind Development
Offshore wind energy has felt just out of America’s reach for quite some time now. While Europe has more than fifty projects up and running off their shores, here in …
An Updated Social Cost of Carbon Shows that the Economy Benefits from Cutting Carbon Pollution
Just before the weekend, the Obama Administration nodded in the direction of more responsive limits on carbon pollution, and acknowledged that the science and economics tell the story that many …
On Endangered Species Day, Right Whales Remind Us to Work Together
Today’s climate crisis drips with urgency. Stories of species loss and habitat destruction roll in, and repeatedly underscore the reality of how quickly we need to get our act together …
Calling on Rhode Island to Take the Lead on Offshore Wind
Of the more than fifty offshore wind energy projects spinning in the world’s oceans, not one of them is in American waters. Rhode Island’s leaders are working to change this and …
Victory in North Carolina Shows America Wants More Clean Energy, Not Less
North Carolina’s House of Representatives got it right on clean energy last week—even though “getting it right” had to mean formalizing a refusal to get it wrong. Last Wednesday, North …
Senators Reach across the Aisle to Create Jobs and Reduce Emissions
In confidence that success inspires more of the same, let’s take a moment to celebrate a model of bipartisan leadership that we saw in the Senate yesterday morning when Senators …
Environmental Protection Agency Nominee Gina McCarthy Inspires Massachusetts Pride
This morning, Gina McCarthy sat before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), poised to field their questions and secure their seal of approval as the next administrator …
Offshore Wind Bill Returns, Thanks to Bipartisan Collaboration
It takes a strong and innovative leader to look into a tangled web of challenges and see where intersections offer opportunity. The National Wildlife Federation congratulates Senators Tom Carper (D-DE) …
