Have you noticed the summers getting smokier? If you’ve found yourself coughing more, seeing the sky tinged with an eerie orange, or even just catching the faint scent of burning … Read more
Canada
A Note to Our Canadian Neighbors: Dirty Mining Doesn’t Pan Out
Last summer confirmed what climate scientists have been telling us for decades: Extreme climate events are the new normal. Witness Yellowstone, Kentucky, or St. Louis where catastrophic, once-in-a-1000-year flooding events … Read more
Indigenous Leaders Call on Canadian and U.S. Governments to Reform Mining in British Columbia
Indigenous leaders from the U.S. Pacific Northwest and Canada flew to Washington, D.C. in early December to meet with Biden Administration officials, members of Congress, and representatives from the Canadian … Read more
Q & A: An Interview with Erin Sexton
The National Wildlife Federation recently sponsored EcoFlights over the transboundary watersheds of British Columbia, Montana and Washington to give reporters and stakeholders a bird’s-eye view of the threats that British … Read more
Enbridge and Canada’s Attack on Water Rights to Keep Line 5 Open
Canada is standing with Enbridge to dismantle core State and Tribal rights to protect land and water in an attack that impacts all states and all Indigenous Nations across the … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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, … Read more
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, … Read more
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 … Read more
