A few hours ago, a news item about our old pals at the Heartland Institute was flying around the internet at light speed. It seems that in preparation for their annual … Read more
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Heartland Suggests (and Quickly Retracts) That Believing in Climate Change Puts You in League With the Unabomber
Dear Heartland Institute: NWF Won’t Back Down in Defending Environmental Education
A FedEx Overnight package from Chicago landed on my desk today. It did not contain late Valentine’s Day treats. Inside, there was a cease-and-desist letter from the Heartland Institute focusing … Read more
From the Heartland: An Inside Look at the Extreme Right’s War on K-12 Climate and Environmental Education
America’s extreme right has been attacking climate change and environmental education in schools for decades using a variety of tactics aimed at keeping it from becoming core knowledge our children … Read more
Koch-Funded Plan in Development to Teach K-12 Kids Global Warming isn’t Real
Ah, the old ‘teach the controversy’ gambit. If there’s an easier, more cynical way of casting doubt on reality, I haven’t seen it yet! Case in point: ThinkProgress Green says … Read more
Polluters Lose in Clean Air Act Attack
Today, attempts to rollback parts of the Clean Air Act that direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to address carbon pollution failed in the Senate. In a game of political hide-and-seek, … Read more
Earmarks Give Way to Oilmarks in GOP Spending Bill
White House Remains Silent on Clean Air, Clean Water Attacks The new GOP majority in Congress promised to reduce the deficit, but failed to mention they would give polluters free reign to … Read more
Big Oil Money Working to Rewrite History of Gulf Oil Disaster
The same groups who denied the link between cancer and smoking and deny the link between carbon pollution and global warming are now being enlisted to deny the impacts of the Gulf oil disaster. Read more
CA Student Clean Energy Activist Challenges Polluter to Debate
Will billionaire polluter Charles Koch put his mouth where his money is & debate a California clean energy activist? Read more
Schwarzenegger: Polluters Playing Political Games in California
Recently, we highlighted a climate denial exhibit at the Smithsonian sponsored by Koch Industries. And this week, we told you how Koch is funding a campaign to keep California hooked … Read more
Warming Walruses: Watch NWF’s Climate Capsule
From DC to Alaska, what impact is global warming having on America right now? What’s the National Wildlife Federation doing to help promote green job training? And as Dirty the … Read more