Conservation

Helping Wildlfe and People

By Larry J. Schweiger From an interview I gave this morning with Fox Boston, here are some powerful, tragic images of pelicans impacted by the BP oil spill.  To help hold … Read more

So many clean energy opportunities at our doorstep

By Larry J. Schweiger I’m speaking this morning to a number of media outlets on how we need to oppose the Keystone XL Pipeline project that will cross six states and … Read more

True Roots: One NWFer Reconnects Through Eco-Schools USA

Laura Hickey is National Wildlife Federation’s Senior Director of Global Warming Education and Eco-Schools USA. This month, she traveled back in time with the Eco-Schools USA program.
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NWF Trip Finds Louisiana Marsh “Eerily Quiet”

A Louisiana fishing boat captain led National Wildlife Federation Naturalist David Mizejewski & several reporters to an oil-stained marsh yesterday. A Reuters reporter reveals what they found: In marshy areas, … Read more

(Video) NWF’s Schweiger Hits National Airwaves Denouncing Dirty Fuels

On both coasts, and lots of places in between, NWF President and CEO Larry Scwheiger is hitting the airwaves this morning urging Americans to reject dirty fuels and the dangerous … Read more

NWF’s Climate Capsule on the BP Oil Disaster, Unscripted

David Mizejewski, National Wildlife Federation naturalist, is in Louisiana today & I’ll be joining him tomorrow. Before I left, it was time to record the Climate Capsule video. But given … Read more

(Video) Utah Spill as Media Heightens Scrutiny of Dirty Pipeline Projects

 It’s the same old song from the oil industry. “Trust us.” In the oil industry’s bid to win approval for a massive 2,000 mile pipeline to cut across six states, … Read more

NWF’s David Mizejewski: Why We Must Try To Save Oiled Birds

Even if oiled birds like the brown pelican are cleaned, significant numbers won’t survive their return to the wild. Should we try to rehabilitate them anyway?
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Big Oil Bailout Defeated! Time for Senate to do Climate Bill (Video)

A huge thanks to NWF members and partners who turned up the heat on the Senate in recent days as it rejected an awful Big Oil Bailout proposal. With a … Read more

Showdown Today on Big Oil Bailout in Senate

By Washington, DC standards this is high drama.  A close vote is expected that sets the stage for whether the government can move aggressively to rein in global warming pollution. … Read more