This week’s stories: Highlight of the Week: Oil Execs Cry “Un-American” Quote: Steve Torbit, Executive Director, National Wildlife Federation’s Rocky Mountain region Economic Story of the Week: Cutting Carbon to … Read more
Conservation
Green Equity Is Mission Essential
Simone Lightfoot heads up regional urban initiatives for the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) Great Lakes Regional Center. She integrates the work of the NWF with the region’s urban green efforts … Read more
Protecting Our Great Lakes from Mercury
It is great to see anglers speaking out about the impacts of mercury pollution on fishing, tourism, business, and health. Take a look at this opinion editorial written by an … Read more
Ohioans Gather Tomorrow at Statehouse to Protect State Parks from Drilling
Blog post was written by Tracy Sabetta, who leads the outreach to NWF supporters in Ohio. You can reach her at tsabetta@initiativeohio.com. Spring has finally arrived in Ohio! What a … Read more
Oil Execs Continue to Defend Billions in Tax Breaks
As record high gas prices batter consumers and anger voters, Senators on the Finance Committee hauled Big Oil’s top five executives to the Capitol for a hearing on proposals that … Read more
Challenging Coal Curricula That Keep Children in the Dark
A newly-released school lesson plan series on energy tells children about the advantages of coal-burning for electricity but offers our kids an industry-biased view and, sadly, omits some of the … Read more
Global Warming and the Stresses of War – A Post Bin Laden Perspective
What follows in an excerpt of a soon-to-be-published forum proceedings paper (September 2011) by Lise Van Susteran, MD and Kevin J. Coyle, JD on the many psychological effects of global … Read more
