Conservation

Home energy auditor points out the air leaks around a door

It’s Cool Outside! Give Your Home an Energy Audit

If you cannot afford a professional home energy audit or don’t want to wait, you can conduct your own audit of your home’s efficiency. Read more

Power Grab

Cheap Shot: Polluters Cry ‘Power Grab,’ Attack Crucial U.S. Conservation Rules

The EPA is moving to regulate the carbon pollution that drives global warming. It’s about time, right? Read more

Win-win Action on Vehicles under the Clean Air Act

Last Friday, EPA and NHTSA released a framework to improve fuel economy and cut global warming pollution from cars and light trucks through 2025. The public has a first opportunity … Read more

CoolClimate Announces Winners for Climate Change Art Competition

Drawing has never been my forte (unless sketching up stick figures counts) but more than 1,000 artists worldwide, who do know how to “paint” a picture, submitted their work through … Read more

Scientist Finds Deadly Effects of Dispersant Used in Gulf Oil Disaster

In the cramped lab at Mote Marine Laboratory’s Tropical Research Lab on Summerland Key in the Florida Keys, Dr. Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley and her team saw firsthand the effects of Corexit … Read more

Celebrate 10/10/10 in Your Community

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DQf2LBys38[/youtube] Traditionally, working on Sundays isn’t in my vocabulary.  I drink my coffee and read my emails in bed — going for jog or a walk is the most work … Read more

Reduce Energy Consumption with Eco-Schools USA

Earth Science Week begins this Sunday, a series of events that provides an opportunity to boost energy literacy in the United States. Read more

Tar Sands Tranform Parts of Alberta to Toxic Waste Land

Felice Stadler filed this dispatch while on a tour of tar sands producing Alberta, Canada. National Wildlife Federation is working to slow production of tar sands fuels in Alberta. Tar … Read more

Moose and Caribou Numbers Drop from Tar Sands Production

Yesterday’s industry-led tour of Suncor’s operations, and a visit to the First Nations town of Fort McKay, gave our delegation varied perspectives on the enormity of the industry Read more

California condor by the US Fish and Wildlife Service

California Condor Population Hits 100

One of the most endangered birds in the world celebrates a happy milestone this week: On Wednesday, the US Fish and Wildlife Service announced that for the first time in … Read more