My job is securing funding from global warming legislation to protect natural resources and wildlife from global warming. I like the idea that decades from now, I can look back … Read more
NWF Staff
Calling the Presidentials…
What do Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain have in common? Yes, they’re all running for President (thank you, Captain Obvious), but they also all strongly differ from the … Read more
All my ideas are taken…
Literally as I was posting my blog last night, John McCain was announcing that he won’t support the Climate Security Act and he also won’t even be showing up to … Read more
T-minus 6 days…
It’s all go here in the DC office of National Wildlife Federation; the countdown is on. Last Friday Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, filed for cloture on the Climate Security … Read more
Climate Security Act Will Benefit Alaskans
With debate scheduled next week on the Climate Security Act, the U.S. Senate has an opportunity to move ahead with the most promising domestic legislation to address global warming in … Read more
Alaska: The Renewable Energy State?
Alaska is at an energy crossroads? Especially southcentral Alaska, where the majority of the state’s residents live? Here, local natural gas was traditionally cheap and abundant and powered the area’s … Read more
Polar Bear Listing Highlights Broader Arctic Challenge
With its decision to list the polar bear as threatened, the Interior Department finally acknowledged the clear scientific consensus around the forecast for these magnificent animals. For polar bears, some … Read more
Climate Change, Happening Now
Our President and CEO Larry Schweiger has a very touching and moving story about how climate change is impacting him personally. It involves a pond and melting ice. I won’t … Read more
Polar Bear Threatened Listing Weakened by Contradictions
The Department of Interior announced last week that it would list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, because their sea ice habitat is melting away. Sounds … Read more
$2 Billion Wind Turbine Order Sets Record
Texas oil man T. Boone Pickens has placed a massive order for wind turbines, a big step toward building the world’s largest wind farm in the Lone Star State. Pickens … Read more