As the sea swallows its shores, when does a country cease to be a country? That’s what the New York Times asks this week: If a country sinks beneath the … Read more
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Extreme Heat in Summer 2010: A Window on the Future
Could the sweltering summer of 2010 be considered mild compared to the typical summers of the future? It depends on whether America & nations around the world act now to … 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
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
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
Oil Disaster Update, Hill Heat & Big Oil’s All-Star: Watch NWF’s Climate Capsule
In this week’s National Wildlife Federation Climate Capsule: NWF’s Jaime Matyas visits the disaster zone in Louisiana As the mercury rises on Capitol Hill, pressure builds for a clean energy … Read more
A Confusing Monday for the Senate Climate Bill
There was a flurry of talk about climate & energy in the Senate today. But was it all just hot air? It started when Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) told reporters … Read more
NWF Team to Gulf & BP’s Campaign Cash: Watch NWF’s Climate Capsule
In this week’s NWF Climate Capsule video, lessons we didn’t learn from the Exxon Valdez, NWF’s call to revoke newly-issued deep water drilling permits & BP’s donation to one of its most prominent defenders.
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Climate Records Fall & A Titanic Disaster: Watch This Week’s NWF Climate Capsule
In this week’s NWF Climate Capsule, rising temperatures shatter climate records, progress on a Senate clean energy & climate bill, and Dirty the Sock Puppet compares the BP oil spill disaster to the Titanic. Read more
New Data: Climate Records Crumbled in April
April was one of the most alarming months ever for global warming. The startling details from NASA & NOAA: Read more
