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Climate Change Was Costly in 2010

 |  Mar 4, 2011

Climate change impacts our cities, natural resources and wildlife. It can be daunting, however, to calculate the exact impact climate change has on our wallets. A new report by insurance … Read more

EPA Holds Clean Air Act Listening Sessions

, ,  |  Feb 15, 2011

The National Wildlife Federation was one of several groups testifing yesterday in support of the Environmental Protection Agency taking reasonable action to reduce carbon pollution. The “listening session” is one … Read more

Automotive Xprize–still more super-efficient vehicles are here today

,  |  Sep 17, 2010

This post was written by Zoe Lipman, Senior Analyst of Climate and Energy Policy for National Wildlife Federation. Yesterday on the lawn of the DC Historical Society, the Xprize foundation … Read more

Freshman Senators Buck Old Guard, Call for Strong Climate Action

 |  Jul 16, 2010

The new blood in the Senate wants comprehensive climate action. Freshman Democrats wrote the majority leader today saying that “America’s current energy policy is untenable,”  and that the “scale of … Read more

National Academies Report Warns of Climate Emissions Crisis

 |  Jul 16, 2010

This post was written by NWF climate scientist Dr. Amanda Staudt. As the US Senate prepares to consider clean energy and climate legislation, a new report lays out in novel … Read more

Global Warming Emissions to Rise this Year

 |  Jul 7, 2010

You might think that with all of the effort to jump start the clean energy economy and in the midst of an economic slow down that the U.S. would be … Read more

Global Warming? 97% of Experts Agreee

 |  Jun 30, 2010

A new National Academy of Sciences study finds 97 percent of the climate scientists agree that global warming is driven mainly by human activity – emissions of carbon dioxide and … Read more

CNN Video: Reducing Emissions Down on the Farm

 |  Apr 25, 2010

We touched on livestock emissions in our recent Cowgate episode of the Climate Capsule’s Denier File. Here’s a CNN report on efforts to reduce emissions at one Vermont farm: http://cnn.com/video/?/video/tech/2010/04/07/gsif.burpless.cows.cnn Read more

UAW Opposes Threat to Green Jobs

 |  Mar 16, 2010

Download Disapproval Resolution 1 By Larry J. Schweiger The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) sent a letter to Capitol Hill yesterday opposing any … Read more

Federal Government Moves to Slash Its Emissions & Energy Costs

 |  Jan 29, 2010

The White House today revealed details of a plan to slash the federal government’s energy usage. The move is expected to cut the federal government’s global warming pollution 28% by … Read more