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Iowa Scientists Ask Candidates to Recognize Climate Reality

 |  Nov 15, 2011

With the Iowa caucus now exactly seven weeks away, more than 30 Iowa scientists are asking political candidates to acknowledge the threats posed by ongoing climate change, particularly to Iowa’s … Read more

New Report to Warn Climate Change Already Fueling Extreme Weather

 |  Nov 2, 2011

A new report is set to warn the intensity of 2011’s floods, heat and drought aren’t freak occurrences – they’re the direct result of man-made climate change. Read more

Global Warming-Fueled Extreme Weather Spikes Peanut Butter Prices

 |  Nov 1, 2011

Will consumers get the jarring truth about why peanut butter prices are suddenly chunky? So far, it looks like the media is feeding them a smoothed-over version that omits the impact of the climate crisis. Read more

Breath of Fresh Air in Senate: “We Are Not Just in This Chamber to Represent the Polluters”

 |  Oct 20, 2011

There’s so much hot air coming out of Washington these days, many Americans have tuned out. But one speech on the Senate floor recently is worth watching in full. Read more

California Leading the Fight on Global Warming

 |  Sep 30, 2011

  Wednesday’s decision by California’s Supreme Court to allow the state to go ahead with a cap-and-trade program was an important step in the effort to limit and dramatically reduce … Read more

Obama Delaying Action on Carbon Pollution: Quite Damaging

 |  Sep 21, 2011

Power plants are the nation’s single largest source of climate change causing air pollution pumping roughly 2.4B tons of carbon dioxide into the air each year.  Setting standards to limit … Read more

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