climate change

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

Melting Capitol Ice Sculpture Begs Question – Where’s Senator Inhofe?

Remember when Senator James Inhofe built that igloo (see picture) near the Capitol after a February snowstorm in Washington, DC?  It was more or less a monument to disinformation on climate … Read more

Tell President Obama: Wildlife Can’t Wait

Watch this video, then please take a moment to tell President Obama we need action on clean energy & carbon pollution limits now: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtbJjwuRiFg&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Read more

“Politico” Ad Calls on President to Stop Dirty Fuels Pipeline

NWF, Sierra Club and NRDC are stepping up the pressure on the White House to intervene and stop construction of the massive and dangerous Keystone XL pipeline that would further … Read more

How to Clean Our Air and Reduce Government Spending

By Larry J. Schweiger In addition to cleaning up our air pollution that causes global warming, the American Power Act will reduce America’s federal government spending by $19 billion over … 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

As Heat Waves Grip East Coast, Revisiting Climate Connection

Here in the Washington, DC area, we’re experiencing our second brutal heat wave of the summer — and summer’s only a few weeks old. As NPR reported, it’s part of … Read more

Joe Romm and Climate Change: It’s Personal

By Larry J. Schweiger I recommend Joe Romm’s book Straight Up. I saw Joe speak recently to The Climate Project presenters in Nashville, Tennessee and was struck by the title … Read more

WATCH – Senators Still Blocking Climate Action After Gulf Disaster

Senate Republican leaders had little new to say after emerging from a meeting with President Obama and Democratic senators despite the BP disaster and a series of polls from showing … Read more

Helping Wildlfe and People

By Larry J. Schweiger From an interview I gave this morning with Fox Boston, here are some powerful, tragic images of pelicans impacted by the BP oil spill.  To help hold … Read more