Conservation

Turning Oil Into Art

WashingtonPost.com has details on a fascinating new project by editorial cartoonist Steve Breen of The San Diego Union-Tribune: The political cartoonist had gazed so long at images of the British … Read more

Help Save our Nation’s Great Waters

On June 30, Senators on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee approved a series of restoration bills that will help many of America’s Great Waters, including the Puget Sound, … Read more

LeadAmerica Students Get a Lesson in Environmental Leadership

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Senate on Brink of Colossal Failure

By Larry J. Schweiger As a result of continued obstruction from every Republican Senator and a few Democratic Senators, the Senate today is on the brink of a colossal failure … Read more

Effort to Get Senate to Act on Climate Stalls

It was a depressing day today as Senate Democrats announced they had to postpone their effort to pass a climate bill. Here’s NWF’s Larry Schweiger’s press statement: “As a result … Read more

Virginia’s Community Colleges are Achieving the Dream

In 2004, the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) joined the     Achieving the Dream student success initiative – a multiyear national initiative aimed to influence state and national policy to … Read more

NWF Scientist Returns to the Gulf

Dr. Doug Inkley, the National Wildlife Federation’s senior scientist, has returned to the Gulf Coast. It’s his third trip since the BP oil disaster began more than three months ago. … Read more

NEW VIDEO: A-list Celebs Are One for the Gulf Coast

As a part of our many efforts to protect wildlife and restore habitat impacted by the BP oil spill, the National Wildlife Federation has joined with Women of the Storm to … Read more

Steve Schneider, We Will Miss You

By Larry J. Schweiger I was very saddened to hear that my friend and colleague Steve Schneider unexpectedly passed yesterday.  I last saw Steve and his wife Terry Root in … Read more

3 Months Into BP Oil Disaster, NWF’s Work Just Beginning

Three months ago today, the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, eventually sinking into the Gulf of Mexico & leading to the gusher that’s spewed hundreds of millions of gallons of oil … Read more