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Live Blogging House Hearings on Clean Energy Legislation

 |  Apr 22, 2009

National Wildlife Federation staffers are taking notes on today’s House Energy & Commerce Committee hearing on the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, draft principles for clean energy … Read more

Real Question for GOP on Energy: Where’s the Beef?

 |  Apr 20, 2009

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-MI) has gotten a lot of unwanted attention for yesterday’s appearance on ABC’s This Week. Boehner told host George Stephanopoulous, “George, the idea that carbon … Read more

Deep Energy Infrastructure at UC-Irvine

 |  Apr 6, 2009

Unchallenged assumptions took a beating in a session from Wendell Brase of UC-Irvine at today’s Smart and Sustainable Campuses conference. Focusing on labs and IT facilities, which often have 24/7 … Read more

President Obama: “It begins with energy.”

 |  Feb 25, 2009

That was how President Obama introduced his roadmap for economic recovery last night in his first address to Congress (read the text or watch the video). The President knows we … Read more

Ranger Rick Goes to Washington

 |  Feb 6, 2009

Breaking News: A Washington Post article reports that raccoons have invaded White House grounds, and are causing the National Park Service no small amount of trouble. We at NWF would like … Read more

The First Hundred Days Start With You

 |  Jan 21, 2009

I’m excited to report that since mid-November, over 160,000 people have signed the petition urging President Obama to usher in America’s clean energy economy during his first 100 days. The … Read more

Catchphrases Won’t Solve Climate Change

 |  Dec 29, 2008

You’ve probably been hearing a lot about “clean coal” as one of the paths we can take to a new energy future., but while it sounds nice, the truth is: … Read more

Getting “OUT” is “IN”

 |  Nov 7, 2008

In the spirit of change that is coming to the land, National Wildlife Federation offers a post-election take on our changing political landscape. The National Wildlife Federation’s What’s Out and … Read more

Video: What’s Happening To Our Public Lands

 |  Oct 15, 2008

We can read report after report on how dirty energy development threatens wildlife across the West–but sometimes it helps to see it for ourselves. That’s why I want to encourage … Read more

Universities, EPA Work to Cool Heat Islands

,  |  Sep 30, 2008

By Ryan Newhouse If only all islands could be like those in a Jimmy Buffet song: warm, sunny, uncrowded and relaxed. Unfortunately, a new kind of island—while it usually qualifies … Read more