Miles Grant

Miles Grant is director of communications for National Wildlife Federation, coordinating communications across NWF’s programs to protect wildlife and wild places, connect Americans with nature, and confront climate change. He lives in Fairhaven, MA with his wife and daughter.

Gulf Oyster Workers “Facing Tremendous Amount of Uncertainty” (Video)

Dr. Doug Inkley, senior scientist with the National Wildlife Federation, just returned from another trip to the Gulf Coast. As NWF has been reporting, the BP oil disaster is hurting … Read more

Calling All Artists: How Your Art Can Help Cool the Planet

Despite overwhelming scientific evidence and reports, many people are still unclear about the importance of confronting global climate change. That’s why the National Wildlife Federation has partnered with dozens of … Read more

As Oil Spills Spread, Big Oil Tries To Bully Senators

Unbelievable. Even after Senate Democrats postponed action on clean energy & climate legislation in favor of a much smaller package of BP oil disaster response measures, Big Oil says it’s … Read more

Turning Oil Into Art

WashingtonPost.com has details on a fascinating new project by editorial cartoonist Steve Breen of The San Diego Union-Tribune: The political cartoonist had gazed so long at images of the British … Read more

Video: Whale vs. Yacht

A photo of southern right whale breaching onto a yacht made headlines around the world last week. While the yacht suffered severe damage, neither of the people on the yacht … Read more

NWF Scientist Returns to the Gulf

Dr. Doug Inkley, the National Wildlife Federation’s senior scientist, has returned to the Gulf Coast. It’s his third trip since the BP oil disaster began more than three months ago. … Read more

NEW VIDEO: A-list Celebs Are One for the Gulf Coast

As a part of our many efforts to protect wildlife and restore habitat impacted by the BP oil spill, the National Wildlife Federation has joined with Women of the Storm to … Read more

3 Months Into BP Oil Disaster, NWF’s Work Just Beginning

Three months ago today, the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, eventually sinking into the Gulf of Mexico & leading to the gusher that’s spewed hundreds of millions of gallons of oil … Read more

How Cap & Trade Would Help Wildlife (Or: Cap Pollution, Trade Otters!)

Over at The New Republic’s The Vine, Brad Plumer discusses how sea otters make the case for capping carbon pollution & allowing trading of pollution permits: Let’s say Congress enacted … Read more

Tell President Obama: Wildlife Can’t Wait

Watch this video, then please take a moment to tell President Obama we need action on clean energy & carbon pollution limits now: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtbJjwuRiFg&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Read more