Gutting the Clean Power Plan
As the impacts of climate change hit home in another summer of regrettable records such as the massive megafires that are burning in California and the red tide that is …
Changes at the Supreme Court: What’s At Stake for Wildlife?
With the retirement of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, the future of wildlife and federal stewardship of our natural resources hangs in the balance. While he generally voted with …
Set a Price on Pollution, Protect Wildlife
Turning scientifically-supported climate policy on its head, the Trump Administration is considering a bailout of coal and nuclear plants that would essentially subsidize pollution. Under the banner of grid reliability and military …
Taking Legal Action to Protect America’s Migratory Birds
This is for the birds. One of America’s oldest conservation laws and wildlife successes is under attack. Passed during the Woodrow Wilson administration in 1918, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act …
Clean Power Plan Repeal and Replace Scheme Threatens Wildlife
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt is at it again with a plan to gut America’s first ever federal measure to protect wildlife from the dangers of climate …
A Voice from Coal Country
On October 9, 2017, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced the beginning of a process to repeal the Clean Power Plan – the nation’s first federal measure to reduce deadly …
National Wildlife Federation and Affiliates Call for Climate Leadership
Representatives from countries around the world are gathered the last two weeks and this week in Bonn, Germany at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s twenty-third Conference of …
Dourson and Wehrum Should Be Rejected by Senate
The Administration has put forth two nominees for important Environmental Protection Agency posts who have long and disturbing records of seeking to undermine the strong protections against dangerous chemicals and …
Full Throttle Reverse
The Administration has taken another step backwards in the effort to ensure a stable and safe climate for wildlife. Administrator Scott Pruitt has announced that the Environmental Protection Agency plans …
Department of Energy Proposed Rule Designed to Prop up Dirty Coal
Under the guise of pushing “grid reliability,” Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry has urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas …
