Five Lakes, Two Countries…and One Ecosystem
A Healthy Dose of Binational Cooperation If you look at a map of our five Great Lakes, you’ll see a line running through the middle of four of them, marking …
PFAS and the Great Lakes: The Need for Binational Action
Note: This blog was originally posted on the Canadian Environmental Law Association website on April 14, 2021 and can be accessed at https://cela.ca/guest-blog-pfas-and-the-great-lakes-the-need-for-binational-action/ Michael Murray, Ph.D., U.S. Co-chair, Toxics-Free Great Lakes …
The Importance of Birds – And How A Video Game Can Help Them
A young birder calls for awareness and action Humans have been fascinated by birds for as long as they have existed. Inspiring countless cultures around the world and across time, …
Mayors across the United States, Mexico and Canada Take the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge
Lire Ce Blog en Français! Leer Este Blog en Español! In September 2015, the National Wildlife Federation launched the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge in in an effort to engage cities, towns, …
Canada Fails to Protect Wood Bison Herd from Tar Sands
As we await the President’s anticipated rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, new information on iconic wood bison further demonstrates how tar sands oil harms wildlife every step of the way. In …
Senate Says “No” to Keystone XL; Next up, President Obama
The Senate narrowly defeated a bill on November 18th that would have approved the Keystone XL pipeline. NWF applauded the Senators that stood up for wildlife, clean air, and healthy landscapes by …
Getting Wildlife (Safely) to the Other Side of the Road
More and more, mountain lions are tragically being injured or killed on the heavily-trafficked roads outside Los Angeles that cut through their mountain habitat. And as sprawling development consumes significant …
You’re Invited: Retirement Party for the Portland-Montreal Pipeline
NWF recently released documents showing the company that owns the Portland-Montreal pipeline estimated its pipes to have a 60-year life span. We did the math: The pipe built in 1950 …
Tar Sands Exposed Tour Shows Human, Environmental Cost of Dirty Fuel
The contrast of images is stark, startling. Scenes of majestic beauty untouched by the hands of people and scraped earth scraped made toxic and lifeless. Images of the earth’s bounty; …
Can Keystone Pass the President’s Climate Test?
In June, President Obama stood at Georgetown University and defined the conditions under which he would approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, saying he would, “only if this project does not …
