By Larry J. Schweiger As a result of continued obstruction from every Republican Senator and a few Democratic Senators, the Senate today is on the brink of a colossal failure … Read more
Climate Town Hall Meeting Thursday 7/22 – Watch Live Here
“A National Conversation on Clean Energy and Climate” of more than 200 people from across the United States will be in Washington, D.C. this week to encourage their senators to … Read more
Freshman Senators Buck Old Guard, Call for Strong Climate Action
The new blood in the Senate wants comprehensive climate action. Freshman Democrats wrote the majority leader today saying that “America’s current energy policy is untenable,” and that the “scale of … Read more
National Academies Report Warns of Climate Emissions Crisis
This post was written by NWF climate scientist Dr. Amanda Staudt. As the US Senate prepares to consider clean energy and climate legislation, a new report lays out in novel … Read more
Just Saying No to the Dirtiest Fuel on the Planet
By Larry J. Schweiger I was pleased to see so many clean energy advocates, landowners, and activists uniting to say no to a proposed, risky canadian dirty oil pipeline that … Read more
Tell President Obama: Wildlife Can’t Wait
By Larry J. Schweiger Haven’t wildlife been through enough lately, with the really tough impacts in the Gulf on top of the other challenges they are facing? There’s a chance … Read more
Big Oil or Clean Energy: Who Does Your Senator Go To Bat For?
With Major League Baseball’s All-Stars set to take the field tonight, the National Wildlife Federation is highlighting the U.S. Senate’s biggest clean energy stars — as well as its Big … Read more
Global Warming Emissions to Rise this Year
You might think that with all of the effort to jump start the clean energy economy and in the midst of an economic slow down that the U.S. would be … Read more
So many clean energy opportunities at our doorstep
By Larry J. Schweiger I’m speaking this morning to a number of media outlets on how we need to oppose the Keystone XL Pipeline project that will cross six states and … Read more
Tar Sands Report – Why Dirty Fuels Don’t Make Sense for America
By Larry J. Schweiger Download NWF_TarSands_final_pages Today National Wildlife Federation is releasing a new report Staying Hooked on a Dirty Fuel: Why Canadian Tar Sands are a Bad Bet for … Read more
