Conservation

This Week’s Climate Capsule: New NASA Study & Progress in the Senate

 |  Mar 23, 2010

In this week’s NWF Climate Capsule: Can NASA scientists find any evidence of “global cooling”? What does Congressional action on health care mean for clean energy & climate legislation? What does Dirty the Global Warming Denier Sock Puppet think of cap & trade? Read more

United Nations Reject Coral Protections

 |  Mar 22, 2010

Delegates at the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) rejected yesterday a proposal that would have regulated the trade of red and … Read more

Cash for clean tech

 |  Mar 22, 2010

Campus energy projects are costly, even with rock-solid paybacks, and colleges of modest means often need to find creative ways to pay for them. A suite of financing options from … Read more

How Much Oil Under Arctic Refuge? Drilling Proponents Wildly Off

 |  Mar 21, 2010

How much oil sits under the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? An informal survey shows some of the people yelling “drill baby drill” the loudest have very little idea. Read more

United Nations Rejects Ban on Bluefin Tuna Exports and International Polar Bear Trade

 |  Mar 19, 2010

Yesterday, on March 18th, 2010, the United Nations rejected a proposal to ban export of the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna. This U.S.-backed proposal was defeated after major lobbying by the Japanese. … Read more

Conservation Leaders: Draft Senate Climate Bill Shows Progress

 |  Mar 19, 2010

A coalition of 20 clean energy & conservation organizations, including the National Wildlife Federation, issued this statement on the coming Kerry-Graham-Lieberman Senate clean energy & climate bill today: Read more

Public Lands, Private Profit: NBC Looks at Need for Mining Reform

 |  Mar 18, 2010

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy You can learn more about the National Wildlife Federation’s efforts to modernize America’s mining laws at OurPublicLands.org. Read more

New Developments on Senate Climate Bill – And What We Have to Gain

 |  Mar 18, 2010

There was a flurry of new developments on a Senate clean energy & climate bill yesterday. Read more

Climate Change Hits Home

 |  Mar 17, 2010

By Larry J. Schweiger Climate change is hitting home, here and now, in some ways that maybe you might not have expected.  Check out this video. Read more

Do Figures Lie or Do Liars Figure? The Lomborg Deception

 |  Mar 17, 2010

By Larry J. Schweiger The writings of leading climate-change skeptic, Bjørn Lomborg (a Danish statistician) sheds light on an age old question, “Do Figures Lie or do Liars Figure? In … Read more