The Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNWREC), established in 2008, is a DOE-funded partnership between Oregon State University and the University of Washington. Oregon State University is focusing on wave energy research … Read more
Conservation
Making Sure Baby Sea Turtles Get a Safe Start
Rick Cleveland is an Emmy winning television writer whose credits include The West Wing, Six Feet Under & Nurse Jackie. Recently, he joined the National Wildlife Federation on a mission … Read more
On the Water with Mississippi Oil Spill Surveillance Volunteers
The following is from Leah Bray, Mississippi Wildlife Federation Gulf Coast Surveillance Team Coordinator, who is working with volunteers in Mississippi to monitor the Gulf coast for impacts of the … Read more
Wind Turbine Technician Training at Dabney S. Lancaster Community College
This fall Dabney S. Lancaster Community College in Virginia launched its new program to offering a Basic Wind Turbine Service Technology Certificate. The Certificate requires the completion of 45 … Read more
Poll: in Nebraska, ‘huskers rally against tar sands pipeline
Nebraska is many things to many people. Depending on who you ask, the Cornhusker State is “Where the West Begins,” the birthplace of Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffet, or home … Read more
Happening Now: NWF Testifies on Enbridge Oil Spill Impacts
Watch now as Andy Buchsbaum and Beth Wallace from NWF’s Great Lakes Regional Center testify in front of the House Transportation and Intrastructure Committee in a hearing on the Enbridge … Read more
Deja Ruse: Coal Front Groups Roll Out Astroturf on Capitol Hill
Coal miners are heading to Capitol Hill for a pro-mountaintop removal rally! Totally spontaneously! Just up & went! At least, that’s what you’d think reading the Associated Press preview of … Read more
Walruses Forced Ashore By Melting Ice: What’s the Impact?
Today’s proof of global warming’s continuing impact on people & wildlife: Tens of thousands of walruses have come ashore in northwest Alaska because the sea ice they normally rest on … Read more
Massive Fish Kill Reported Off Louisiana
Just yesterday, we were bringing you news of new oil ashore in Lousiana. Today, there’s word of a new fish kill: Plaquemines Parish officials have asked state wildlife officials to … Read more
Entering the “Idiocene”: Watch NWF’s Climate Capsule
Posted by NWF Staff This week’s National Wildlife Federation Climate Capsule video includes NWF President & CEO Larry Schweiger’s thoughts on the influence of anti-science front groups funded by big … Read more
