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
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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
