As one of the hardest hit areas in the Gulf oil disaster, Elmer’s Island still remains closed to the public. Since heavy oil started washing ashore on the 1,700-acre island … Read more
Conservation
An ecosystems-oriented approach to reducing climate change risk
New report on adaptation to climate change gives inadequate attention to ecosystems. Read more
Schwarzenegger: Polluters Playing Political Games in California
Recently, we highlighted a climate denial exhibit at the Smithsonian sponsored by Koch Industries. And this week, we told you how Koch is funding a campaign to keep California hooked … Read more
Warming Walruses: Watch NWF’s Climate Capsule
From DC to Alaska, what impact is global warming having on America right now? What’s the National Wildlife Federation doing to help promote green job training? And as Dirty the … Read more
Blow the Whistle on Polluter Abuse! [Audio]
Nebraska landowners and citizens will be able to blow the whistle on the heavy-handed tactics of Canadian oil giant TransCanada starting today. TransCanada is the company trying to run the … Read more
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Unveils Strategic Plan to Respond to Global Warming
This just in: the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released its strategic plan to respond to global warming. “This defining challenge for the conservation community requires the U.S. Fish … Read more
Dr. Ian MacDonald: Over 50% of BP Oil Remains in Gulf
Dr. Ian MacDonald of Florida State University is scheduled to testify at today’s meeting of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. Testifying on … Read more
Jobs for the Future, National Wildlife Federation launch The Greenforce Initiative
The Greenforce InitiativeTM, a partnership of Jobs for the Future and National Wildlife Federation, launches in six regions of the U.S. – Illinois (Chicagoland), Michigan, North Carolina, Texas (San Antonio … Read more
The Greenforce Initiative underway on community college campuses
With jobs in the country’s emerging clean energy sector growing more
than twice as fast as jobs overall, the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) and Jobs for the Future (JFF) have joined forces on the two-year Greenforce Initiative, which will spur green jobs education, innovation and training at community colleges in the United States.
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Fracturing for Frankenfuels
by Larry J. Schweiger I posted this response on National Journal’s blog in response to the question: Should the federal government seek to regulate a controversial extraction method for natural … Read more
