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Weekly News Roundup – April 5, 2013

, ,  |  Apr 5, 2013

Want to know what National Wildlife Federation was up to this week? Here is a recap of the week’s NWF news: Report: Gulf Wildlife Three Years into the Gulf Oil … Read more

The Good and the Bad in the Senate Budget

 |  Mar 25, 2013

On Friday, after 14 hours of a Senate procedure called — really — vote-a-rama, the Senate passed the budget resolution proposed by Senate Budget Committee Chair Patty Murray last week. Over … Read more

Deer me, who knew I would miss hemlocks so much?

 |  Feb 13, 2013

NWF recently released a report on how climate is already impacting wildlife, detailing everything from dropping numbers of moose in New England to bears not hibernating much (if at all) … Read more

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Climate Crisis Deepens for America’s Moose

,  |  Feb 6, 2013

Alarming news from Minnesota today about the health of the state’s moose population being driven to the brink by climate change. Today, officials revealed the northeast Minnesota population of the iconic animal … Read more

Campus Conservation Nationals 2013 – Nation’s Largest Electricity and Water Reduction Competition Kicks Off February 4

,  |  Feb 4, 2013

Students at hundreds of campuses across the country will soon be taking very short showers, studying by flashlight, and cozying up by moonlight when the Campus Conservation Nationals begins its electricity … Read more

Protecting Our National Treasures by Confronting Climate Change

 |  Jan 30, 2013

Today, the National Wildlife Federation is releasing a major new report, Wildlife in a Warming World, outlining how climate change is threatening wildlife and ecosystems across the country. As someone with deep … Read more

Tar Sands in New England?

 |  Nov 19, 2012

Last week there was a meeting in the town of Randolph, New Hampshire to talk about tar sands. A Randolph conservation commissioner who had heard about the tar sands/Trailbreaker issue … Read more

Sandy’s Mandate: When Political Reality Meets Climate Reality

 |  Nov 1, 2012

Whatever happens on November 6th, the tragic scenes unfolding across the 19 states impacted by Superstorm Sandy have realigned American politics when it comes to climate change. The road to … Read more

New Chevron Money Dump as Unprecedented Polluter Cash Flows

 |  Oct 26, 2012

Polluters this election year are doing the equivalent of betting it all.  They’re spending unprecedented amounts of cash to influence the election in the hopes of electing policy makers who will … Read more

Tom Brokaw: Why Haven’t Presidential Debates Discussed Climate Change?

 |  Oct 15, 2012

On Sunday’s edition of Meet the Press, former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw listed climate change among the topics that neither the first presidential debate nor the vice presidential … Read more