fossil fuels

The Truth About Clean Energy

1. Renewable energy is reliable Fossil fuels are the leading cause of energy grid blackouts. As the climate crisis worsens, America’s rising energy demand and increasingly frequent extreme weather events … Read more

Sustainable Aviation Fuels: How Do They Fit into Our Climate Goals?

When you think of greenhouse gas emissions, what sources do you think of? The energy sector, cars, and airplanes might be some of the industries that come to mind first. … Read more

Sacrificing Miners’ Health for a Dying Industry

“Beautiful, clean coal.”  At least that’s what the current administration is saying to help justify a recent series of executive orders aimed at boosting coal production.  In reality, there’s nothing … Read more

A school sports field can be seen in the frame; in the background there are smoke stacks releasing air pollution into the sky.

Ramifications of EPA’s Proposed New Carbon Pollution Standards for Minority Communities 

EPA released its proposed new carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants on May 11, 2023. It is a cause for celebration not only for minority communities all over … Read more

Fighting Money with Money: Campuses Divest from Fossil Fuels

Hey, did you know? There’s an election coming up! Right, right, you knew. Kind of hard to miss that one. But here are a few more things you maybe didn’t … Read more

NWF Campus Ecology Releases New Student Guide on Dirty Energy Politics

National Wildlife Federation’s Campus Ecology Program is pleased to announce the release of our new resource, “A Student’s Guide to How Corporate Oil, Gas and Coal Money Influences U.S. Energy … Read more

Tired of Polluter TV Spots? There’s an App for That

If you live in a political swing state, you’ve probably noticed the barrage of political ads being sponsored by oil, gas, and coal companies. Wealthy polluters are pouring unprecedented millions … Read more

Fund the Solution, Not the Problem

This week a couple of Members of Congress have thrown their ideas on budget cutting into the mix by proposing legislation to end all subsidies to fossil fuel industries.  Led … Read more

Guest Post: Pennsylvanians Don’t Have a Friend in Senator Toomey

Ed Perry is an aquatic biologist who retired in 2002 after a 30-year career with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, where he supervised the section responsible for protecting streams … Read more

Invisible Dangers, Visible Opportunity

Last month the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released new proposed limits on toxic pollutants including mercury, arsenic, dioxin, acid rain and several others that make their way from our nation’s coal-burning … Read more

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