After six rounds of bidding, the second in a series of competitive auctions for offshore wind energy leases came to an end this afternoon. Shortly after, the Bureau of Ocean … Read more
Interior Dept.: “Permanent Impacts to Wildlife” If Keystone XL Built
The bad news continues to pile up for the ill-conceived Keystone XL pipeline. In the wake of a third comment letter from the Environmental Protection Agency finding the State Department’s … Read more
Weekly News Roundup – August 2, 2013
Want to know what National Wildlife Federation was up to this week? Here is a recap of the week’s NWF news: Sportsmen Back Stronger Federal Fracking Rules August 1-A national … Read more
Obama Administration Announces Offshore Wind Energy Lease Auction for Virginia
An announcement this morning gives an important boost to offshore wind energy development, and demonstrates exactly the kind of leadership we hoped would follow President Obama’s climate speech last month. … Read more
East Coast Dolphins Would Get Sonic Migraine from Proposed Drilling
Last week, the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) took another step toward green lighting geological surveys for oil and gas drilling in the Mid- and South-Atlantic Ocean. With all the political … Read more
NWF’s Own Na’Taki Osborne Jelks Appointed to “21CSC” Federal Advisory Committee to Get Youth Outdoors
Recently Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps (21CSC) Advisory Committee. The 21CSC is an entity called for in President Obama’s … Read more
