NWF Staff

Reality Check

As we head toward a vote on the Climate Security Act, it is clear that there is an immense amount of pressure being leveraged on Senators to vote against this … Read more

Flooding the Senate

Today, the U.S. Senate took up a bill called the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007 (S.2284). It’s basically a reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program whereby … Read more

It’s not about the money

I know, when someone says that, it usually is about the money. I can’t help but think there have been times when, as a country, we’ve made some really terrific … Read more

NH's Senators Need to Step Up!

From my perspective out here in the field, there is a huge disconnect between what the people of New Hampshire expect from their elected leaders and what Senators Gregg and … Read more

Counting the Votes

The Senate may now be less than a month from taking up the Climate Security Act and having its first ever votes on a comprehensive global warming bill that reduces … Read more

A Textbook Case of Downplaying Global Warming?

Matthew LaClair, a high school senior in Kearny, N.J.,has persuaded Houghton Mifflin, one of the powerhouses in textbook publishing, to review a popular college and advanced-placement high school text, “American … Read more

It's About Laws, Not Light Bulbs

The issue of climate change is now in a sad state of political and legislative suspension, awaiting an election, a new president and a new Congress. This NY Times editorial … Read more

Inaction on Polar Bear Criticized

The Senate EPW committee held a hearing criticizing inaction by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne. The hearing included testimony from National Wildlife Federation’s own Senior Scientist Doug Inkley! Read the entire … Read more

Florida Wildlife Federation's Jay Liles calls out Senator Martinez in Orlando Sentinel

"Martinez’s track record on major environmental votes has been an extreme disappointment. His vote to drill in our nation’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, his vote to allow power plants to … Read more

Bangkok Climate Change Talks 2008

Three months after the landmark agreement on a road map towards strengthened international action on climate change reached in Bali, Indonesia, the latest round of negotiations shifted to the neighboring … Read more