Conservation

One Week Left to Be Heard: Save The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

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The Alaskan Arctic is a place most people only dream about. Endless daylight alternates with constant, freezing night. The Northern Lights illuminate wilderness rivers flowing from the Brooks Range to … Read more

Students Are Doing It In the Dark—Are You?

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Last year marked the first year of Campus Conservation Nationals—a nationwide energy and resource savings competition. This year, we are expanding and want you to be a part of the … Read more

Michigan Students Say… “Yes We Can…Stop the Pipeline!”

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Over 30 Michigan students from across the state jumped at the chance to go to the Keystone XL Pipeline rally and action at the White House this past weekend, November … Read more

Rehabiliting Lake Erie Wetlands Part One

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Wetlands are a vital key to the water quality of the Great Lakes. They act as “filters” for pollutants or debris that might compromise our drinking water, beach health and … Read more

Thousands of People (plus one Whooping Crane) Protest Keystone XL

 |  Nov 7, 2011

I gathered with thousands of others around Barack Obama’s house on Sunday, urging the President to say no to the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline that would carry millions of barrels … Read more

10,000+ Encircled the White House to Fight the Keystone XL Pipeline

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Yesterday, my 9-year-old daughter, Ava, and I joined 10,000 others from around the country to encircle the White House in a show of solidarity to oppose the massive Keystone XL … Read more

Great Veteran’s Day Movie Pick: Beat Big Oil, Drive Clean

 |  Nov 7, 2011

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkRIu5a6Sb0[/youtube] Just in time for Veteran’s Day weekend comes a major motion picture that shows how the world’s drivers will end their reliance on Big Oil – and, I and … Read more

5 Delicious Foods Threatened By Climate Change

 |  Nov 7, 2011

Chocolate, peanut butter, bread, cheese, wine, coffee, and raspberries.  That’s my desert island list.  You know, the foods I would choose to have with me if stranded on a desert … Read more

Tag, You’re it! CEOs Involved in Gulf Oil Disaster Refuse to Testify at Spill Hearing

,  |  Nov 4, 2011

Oil company bigwigs are on the run again as the companies responsible for last year’s Gulf oil disaster evade testifying before Congress. Facing more than a dozen major federal violations … Read more

Weekly News Roundup – November 4, 2011

 |  Nov 4, 2011

I was out last Friday hiking with my coworkers, so this week we have a double edition of the National Wildlife Federation news roundup: Healthy Kids Outdoors Act Supports Strategies … Read more