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Global Warming Hits Home for NWF Climate Scientist

 |  Sep 9, 2011

As I stood in a torrential downpour waiting for my son’s bus to arrive, I couldn’t help but think how this was yet another sign of climate change hitting home.  … Read more

New Climate Data Shows July was 7th-Hottest on Record Globally

 |  Aug 15, 2011

New data confirms what you already knew – July was incredibly hot, one of the warmest on record. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Climatic Data Center just released … Read more

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Toxic Algae Bloom Confirmed in Western Lake Erie

 |  Aug 9, 2011

Julie Mida Hinderer is a research assistant at the NWF Great Lakes Regional Center, working on a report on nutrients and harmful algal blooms. It’s official – western Lake Erie … Read more

Mercury Pollution Safeguards Proposal Draws Blockbuster Public Support

 |  Aug 3, 2011

800,000 comments support the EPA in their efforts to curb dangerous mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants. Smashing records from previous public comment periods, over 800,000 Americans, with tens-of-thousands of … Read more

Why Big Oil is Declaring War on Polar Bears – And How You Can Help Fight Back

,  |  Aug 3, 2011

It’s happening again – Big Oil is using deceptive tactics to confuse the public about climate science. And this time, the attack threatens polar bears. Read more

Will Someone Finally Ask If News Corp. Was Behind Hacked Climate Emails?

 |  Aug 1, 2011

It’s been frustrating that for all the rightful attention paid to The News of the World phone hacking scandal, virtually no journalist has been willing to ask if News Corp.’s lawbreaking extended into email hacking. Read more

Climate Change Makes Us Sick – Literally

 |  Jul 19, 2011

Julie Mida Hinderer, a graduate of the Aquatic Sciences master’s program at the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment, is a research assistant at NWF’s Great Lakes … Read more

U.S. Not Ready for Keystone XL Worst-Case

 |  Jul 11, 2011

Are giant Canadian oil companies fudging their safety analyses to get the mother of all pipelines built across the U.S.?  And what could happen if a mega-pipeline has a catastrophic … Read more

Media Proves Gore Right on Climate Coverage

 |  Jun 23, 2011

Al Gore’s Rolling Stone essay spent four times as much space comparing the news media to pro wrestling referees than it did urging President Obama to act on the climate crisis. So what did media coverage of Gore’s piece exclusively focus on? Read more

Reporters Link TV Watching to Obesity. Why Not Climate Change to Extreme Weather?

,  |  Jun 16, 2011

Few reporters are connecting Western wildfires to global warming despite overwhelming scientific evidence. But do other fields of research treat connections so gingerly? Read more