climate

Sportsmen Talk Clean Air at Walden Pond

“ the problem of preservation boils down to is this–ducks can’t vote, trees can’t vote, neither can salmon, flowers, mountains or rivers. It is incumbent upon us as sportsmen to take on this weighty responsibility to serve this as our greatest constituency”.
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Conservative Climate Coalition Charts New Course: Conserve Our Climate & Values

I’m a born-and-raised South Carolinian, and I’m proud of my personal conservation ethic. I’m not the only one — I know conservationists of all stripes who, like me, were inspired by childhood experiences … Read more

Science Connects Climate Change and Wildfires. Why Won’t the Media?

One of the least-controversial impacts of the climate crisis is more frequent, severe and damaging wildfires in America’s West. Why won’t reporters say so? As my National Wildlife Federation colleague … Read more

Tar Sands – EPA Says State Dept Did Inadequate Risk Review

The Keystone XL second environmental impact statement is “inadequate” according to a document released by the Environmental Protection Agency today. Over 260,000 Americans wrote to the State Department in opposition … Read more

Swans & Solutions: Will We Choose To Face Our Problems?

Will we choose not to face our interconnected economic, energy and environmental crises? Washington Post columnist Ezra Klein raises the possibility with a wildlife-themed analogy: Forget preparing for the “black … Read more

Time to End the Big Oil Boondoggle

The nation narrowly escaped a budget collision and government shutdown a few weeks ago, but that was just the opening round in the epic battle to rein in out of … Read more

Cut the Cost of Gas: Buy a Truck?

Fuel efficiency innovation puts money back in every consumer’s pocket. With gas prices still up, March car and truck sales figures showed robust sales of fuel efficient cars and SUVs.  … Read more

Back to Bullying for Tar Sands Pipeline Giant

  TransCanada, the company plotting to build the Keystone XL 2,000-mile, $14 billion pipeline splicing through five states to ship Canadian crude oil to Gulf refineries has added yet one … Read more

Save the Clean Air Act: Dozens of Editorials

Newspapers from every corner of the nation are calling on Congress to keep their hands off of the Clean Air Act.  The bipartisan 40-year old legislation enjoys broad support in … Read more

In southwestern Virginia, redbuds bloom in spring

5 Ways to Tell Spring Has Arrived

National Wildlife Federation Conservation Hall of Fame honoree Henry David Thoreau wrote in his journal on March 17, 1857, “No mortal is alert enough to be present at the first … Read more