Conservation

New Video Feature: NWF’s Climate Capsule

 |  Mar 2, 2010

Each Tuesday, I’ll walk you through some of the week’s biggest climate news, focusing on how it impacts you & how you can take action. Read more

A Look Back At Opportunity Lost – And 72 Hours to Change Our Future

 |  Mar 2, 2010

Time to tell our Senators that we’re tired of the same old excuses, same old unwillingness to stand up to polluters, same old status quo of climate & energy inaction. Read more

 |  Mar 1, 2010

Al Gore – “We Can’t Wish Away Climate Change” By Larry Schweiger Take a look at Al Gore’s piece in yesterday’s The New York Times We Can’t Wish Away Climate … Read more

Sen. Graham: We Need “A Bet On Cleaner Air”

 |  Feb 28, 2010

Three key senators — Lindsey Graham, John Kerry & Joe Lieberman — are working to craft a clean energy & climate bill that can make it over the 60 vote … Read more

Mississippi Students Want Cleaner Air and A Brighter Future

 |  Feb 26, 2010

By Larry J. Schweiger I had a wonderful time today at Millsaps College in Mississippi talking with about 60 students interested in what they can do to protect their future … Read more

Front Group with Fake Members Attacking the Clean Air Act

 |  Feb 26, 2010

By Larry J. Schweiger Check out the intriguing blog posted by my colleague Miles Grant on a front group with fake members backed by polluter money that is attacking the … Read more

Actually, Knowledge Is “The Gas of Life”

 |  Feb 26, 2010

South Dakota’s House passed a resolution calling for “balanced” teaching of global warming in the state’s public schools. The 36 state representatives who supported HCR 1009 believe that “carbon dioxide is not a pollutant…Many scientists refer to carbon dioxide as ‘the gas of life’”. Read more

Hip Hop Caucus Clean Energy Now! Bus Tour Wraps-Up On Capitol Hill

 |  Feb 25, 2010

On Wednesday, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson joined the tour with Members of Congress and celebrities to lead the rally, encouraging people to rebuild our economy, regain our communities and restore our planet. Read more

Climate Activists Stake Out Polluter Lobbyist Fundraiser

 |  Feb 25, 2010

Check out this video of Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), co-author of the Dirty Air Act arriving at a fundraiser organized by polluter lobbyists at a swank DC restaurant. Youth activists were waiting outside with surgical masks & “Dirty Air Act” signs as Murkowski hurried past. Read more

A Fresh Dose of the Same Old Denial

 |  Feb 24, 2010

If I kept pushing a phony scandal that had been thoroughly debunked by the Associated Press months ago, wouldn’t it ruin my credibility? So why do climate deniers like Sen. … Read more