Conservation

Standout Community Colleges to Highlight Friday’s Greenforce Summit in Greensboro

 |  Mar 15, 2011

As late winter turns to true spring, the Greenforce tour rolls on in North Carolina, setting up shop at Guilford Technical Community College in Greensboro later this week. Friday’s Central … Read more

An Open Letter to Lady Gaga

,  |  Mar 14, 2011

Dear Lady Gaga: I, like my thirteen year old daughter, really dig your music. I have been thinking that your song “dirty, dirty, rich” was written to alert us Americans about the latest fossil fuel peddlers “crack” to feed America’s oil addiction. Read more

Perdido Key Beach Mouse

Dune Restoration to Help Shorebirds and Perdido Key Beach Mouse

, ,  |  Mar 11, 2011

National Wildlife Federation’s Eliza Russell just emailed from Florida’s Perdido Key, where tomorrow, she and a group of volunteers will be preparing the dunes for nesting season. This event is … Read more

Good Jobs and Clean Energy

 |  Mar 11, 2011

Marylanders are looking 10 miles off the coast for good jobs and clean energy.  The Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act is currently being considered in the General Assembly and has … Read more

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Representative Barton Defends Big Oil Yet Again

,  |  Mar 11, 2011

In an interview with ABC this week, Representative Barton – you may recall him as the man who apologized to BP after they spilled millions of gallons of oil into … Read more

Sportsmen Rally on Capitol Hill to Protect the West’s Hunting and Fishing Heritage

,  |  Mar 9, 2011

SFRED members on Capitol Hill Everyday hunters and anglers are reaching out to lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Sportsmen for Responsible Energy Development (SFRED) are speaking to their representatives in Congress … Read more

BP: Always Sticking Up For the Little Guys

 |  Mar 9, 2011

Since replacing Tony Hayward (he of yachting fame and foot-in-mouth syndrome) as BP’s chief executive, Bob Dudley has mostly stayed out of the limelight.  But Dudley stirred up memories of … Read more

Lake Michigan Sunset

Michigan Oil Spill Victims Voice Concerns and Frustrations

, ,  |  Mar 9, 2011

If you’re from the Great Lakes region, chances are you’ve dipped your toes in the cold waters of Lake Superior, watched the sun set over Lake Michigan or fished off … Read more

Youngsters deliver powerful message on Asian carp

,  |  Mar 8, 2011

Ten-year-old Thomas Ridge stepped up to the microphone at Tuesday’s government hearing on how best to keep Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes and proceeded to bring down the … Read more

The Devil Isn’t in the Details When it Comes to Climate Science

 |  Mar 8, 2011

Federal climate scientists have been exonerated by a Commerce Department investigation surrounding over a thousand leaked e-mails between American and British researchers in 2009, otherwise known as the infamous Climategate. … Read more