Congress

New Video: Why the Clean Energy Jobs Act Matters

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) released this video today on the Kerry-Boxer Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act: Read more

We’re in Our Best Position Ever for Federal Legislation to Safeguard Wildlife From Climate Change

Download TESTIMONY OF LARRY SCHWEIGER-10-28-09 Tomorrow I’ll be testifying in front of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on the need to safeguard wildlife and natural resources and the … Read more

New Report: Failed Energy Policies Cost Americans $120 Billion a Year

“Energy and climate-change legislation winding through Congress might make economic sense even if you don’t believe for a second in climate change.” The words of some treehugging liberal? Not exactly. … Read more

What’s Next for Senate Clean Energy Jobs Act?

I just stopped by the office of Joe Mendelson, the National Wildlife Federation’s global warming policy director, to get his take on this weekend’s game-changing guest editorial in the New … Read more

Al Gore Predicts Passage of Senate Clean Energy Jobs Act

Former Vice President Al Gore predicted Friday that the U.S. Senate will soon approve the Clean Energy Jobs Act that will cut carbon pollution that contributes to climate change. Speaking … Read more

The Future is In Our Hands

Sometimes change happens in small shifts, sometimes in a bit of an earthquake. So there we were on the same day Senators Kerry and Boxer released the Clean Energy and … Read more

New Momentum for Clean Energy & Climate Action

Just got back from the big event on the East Lawn of the Capitol to unveil the Senate’s Clean Energy Jobs & American Power Act! Here’s what Joe Mendelson, NWF’s … Read more

Key Senators to Unveil Clean Energy Bill

This morning in DC, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) will detail their framework for comprehensive clean energy & climate legislation: The bill, which is still being … Read more

Your National Parks

Ken Burns’ 12-hour series on National Parks is turning a lot of attention towards America’s treasured wilderness and natural wonders. From Mount Rainier to the Everglades, our national parks exist … Read more

Another Company Abandons Clean Energy-Obstructing U.S. Chamber

Will the last one out of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce please shut off the lights? Last week, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and New Mexico-based PNM Resources Inc. pulled … Read more