Conservation

Forecast Florida: BP Oil Spill Now Being Tracked in Two Directions

 |  May 20, 2010

NOAA’s BP oil spill response page is now featuring not one but two BP oil spill maps. The first one highlights the projected devastation in Louisiana, where winds from the … Read more

BP Executive: Oil Spill “Impossible to Measure”

 |  May 19, 2010

When you’re sitting in a stuffy Congressional hearing for up to eight hours, it can be hard to pinpoint the most critical moments. (OK, it can be hard to stay … Read more

Top U.S. Scientists Reach Verdict On Climate

 |  May 19, 2010

NWF climate scientist Amanda Staudt, Ph.D., contributes from Washington, D.C. after a briefing National Academy of Sciences.
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Speak for the Trees

 |  May 19, 2010

Make your voice heard! Last week, supporters sent thousands of messages to the United States Senate asking their senators to tell Majority Leader Reid to include funding to protect rainforests … Read more

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By Larry J. Schweiger In a short while, at 10 am Eastern today,  I’ll be giving remarks to the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on how the BP oil … Read more

Shell Oil Threatens Polar Bear Habitat

 |  May 19, 2010

The iconic polar bear already faces many threats- from melting sea ice, shrinking food supply, and climate change. The polar bear was even listed as a threatened species is 2008. … Read more

Climate Records Fall & A Titanic Disaster: Watch This Week’s NWF Climate Capsule

 |  May 18, 2010

In this week’s NWF Climate Capsule, rising temperatures shatter climate records, progress on a Senate clean energy & climate bill, and Dirty the Sock Puppet compares the BP oil spill disaster to the Titanic. Read more

Tar Balls Wash Ashore in Florida Keys

 |  May 18, 2010

Two alarming new pieces of evidence that the BP oil spill is spreading well beyond the Gulf Coast. The first is this photo from NASA, showing a plume of oil … Read more

New Data: Climate Records Crumbled in April

 |  May 18, 2010

April was one of the most alarming months ever for global warming. The startling details from NASA & NOAA: Read more

BP Oil Spill Already Heading for Florida Keys?

 |  May 17, 2010

Is the BP oil spill is already realizing one worst-case scenario? Citing computer models, satellite images & an eyewitness account, University of South Florida researchers say currents are picking up … Read more