It’s no secret that global warming deniers rely on Big Oil’s deep pockets to fund their work, but few are as brazen as the billionaire Koch brothers. Charles and David … Read more
Conservation
Tuesday Gulf Oil Disaster Updates
A quick roundup of some Gulf oil disaster news items: Crews have raised the Deepwater Horizon’s massive blowout preventer to the surface, hoping it will provide clues in what caused … Read more
“When This Is All You Know, How Do You Move On?”
The Washington Post today has a must-read story on a group of Louisianans who recently visited Cordova & other Alaska communities devastated by the Exxon Valdez disaster: The group from … Read more
Your Mind Is The Scene Of The Climate: Watch NWF’s Climate Capsule
The National Wildlife Federation Climate Capsule team’s favorite summer movie was Inception. It got us to thinking, what if you could enter the dreams of Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Big … Read more
Breaking: New Oil Rig Explosion in Gulf of Mexico
There’s been another oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico: One person is missing after a rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, about 80 miles south of Vermilion … Read more
Roll Out the Astroturf! Big Oil’s Bringing Fake Rallies Back
The next time you hear of “citizen” outrage about clean energy & climate action, make sure you know who’s really pulling the strings.
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East Coast Cities Shatter Summer Heat Records
A National Wildlife Federation report last month warned global warming is fueling summer heat waves. Given that 2010 has been the hottest year on record so far globally, are this … Read more
Is An Underwater Nation Still A Nation?
As the sea swallows its shores, when does a country cease to be a country? That’s what the New York Times asks this week: If a country sinks beneath the … Read more
Bjorn Lomborg Pulls a Cousin Oliver
One of the world’s biggest names in climate denial is flip-flopping. And you’re never going to believe this — he wants you to buy his new book to read all … Read more
5 Years After Katrina, “Poor Decisions Continue To Be Made”
Larry Schweiger, president & CEO of the National Wildlife Federation, and Rev. Lennox Yearwood, president of the Hip Hop Caucus have teamed up on the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. … Read more
