A massive coal ash spill in Lake Michigan on Halloween was further proof that coal-fired power plants are anything but clean, as the industry claims. It’s bad enough that coal-fired … Read more
Conservation
The Top-10 Myths Vs. Facts About Keystone XL
Let’s bust the biggest myths about Keystone XL one at a time, then find out how you can help stop the pipeline. Read more
On Tar Sands, Will President Obama be Master of His Domain?
Watch Emmy-winning actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus deliver a message to President Obama: Just say no to the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Read more
Update: House of Representatives approves bill allowing more invasive species in Great Lakes
The U.S. House of Representatives on Nov. 4 approved legislation that would leave the Great Lakes and other U.S. waters vulnerable to invasive species that live in ocean freighters’ ballast … Read more
A Young Leader’s Call to Action
Dan Weisshar is a former NWF Global Warming Policy Intern and currently serves as a Youth Advisor on NWF’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Board Directors. Dan grew up in Colorado and Eastern Wyoming … Read more
Students and Other Clean Energy Advocates Mobilizing Against Setbacks
Two weekends ago, over 400 people gathered in Cleveland for one of several regional Power Shift meetings all across the country where the culminating event was a rally focused on stopping … Read more
New Report to Warn Climate Change Already Fueling Extreme Weather
A new report is set to warn the intensity of 2011’s floods, heat and drought aren’t freak occurrences – they’re the direct result of man-made climate change. Read more
5 More Reasons to Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline
On Sunday, it will be exactly one year before Election Day 2012, which is a good time to push President Obama toward making a decision on the most crucial environmental … Read more
Global Warming-Fueled Extreme Weather Spikes Peanut Butter Prices
Will consumers get the jarring truth about why peanut butter prices are suddenly chunky? So far, it looks like the media is feeding them a smoothed-over version that omits the impact of the climate crisis. Read more
Haunted Forests
Halloween is the time when ghosts of ages past appear! It is not only the ghosts of those people who have past though that can be seen haunting our historic … Read more

