climate

Murkowski’s Dirty Air Attack Faces Withering Criticism

Scrutiny has especially focused on her contributions from electric utilities and Big Oil — Sen. Murkowski is among Congress’ biggest recipients of polluter cash. But as soon as today, she may move forward with her attempt to gut the Clean Air Act anyway Read more

Polluter Dirty Air Acts Come to Light – Help Stop Them

At first it seemed like simply one bad idea from one senator. But now we know the real story — a tangled web of public officials, polluter lobbyists, and efforts to gut the Clean Air Act. Read more

NWF Holds Firm on Climate & Energy Bill in 2010

“As far as we are concerned there should not and will not be an energy bill in 2010 without the pollution cap needed to unleash private investment in the clean energy economy,” said NWF’s Jeremy Symons. Read more

Pope Calls for Global Climate Treaty in 2010

Benedict’s words certainly hold true across all peoples and faiths — we have a moral responsibility to act now to protect our children & grandchildren, wildlife and natural resources from the worst effects of global warming. Read more

NWF Scientist Responds to Mooney’s Call to Action

Chris Mooney, who writes at Discover Magazine’s The Intersection blog, wrote an op-ed in Sunday’s Washington Post titled “On issues like global warming and evolution, scientists need to speak up”: … Read more

Swiftflop: Polluter-Pushed Scandal Fails to Slow Support for Climate Action

A new poll released by the National Wildlife Federation is revealing that Swifthack hasn’t moved the needle with voters. Read more

New Poll Reveals Broad, Deep Support for Climate Action

A new Washington Post-ABC News poll reveals some amazing numbers about support for clean energy & climate legislation — two-thirds of Americans support federal limits on global warming pollution. Read more

Climate Pranksters Again Target US Chamber

Climate activists with Greenpeace have pranked the Chamber, putting up “global warming crime scene” tape around its DC headquarters. Read more

COP15 Update: The Answer is in the Forest

With deforestation responsible for roughly 15 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, we have an opportunity to bridge a significant gap between what science tells us is necessary to avoid catastrophic climate change and the amount of reductions nations like the U.S. are willing to put on the table. Read more

Groups to Obama: Invest in a Sustainable Future

Just in from Copenhagen — a letter from a coalition of conservation organizations to President Obama. Read more