Conservation

Let’s Go Slow on Oil Shale

 |  Jun 15, 2009

Underneath a 1,300 square mile area along the T-shaped border of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming lies more estimated oil–in the form of oil shale–than all the oil in of Saudi … Read more

New Clean Energy Ad: “Do Right”

 |  Jun 15, 2009

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Midwestern Governors Support Greenhouse Emissions Accord

 |  Jun 15, 2009

An advisory group appointed by Midwestern governors  released its recommendations Monday on a policy to limit greenhouse gas emissions in the region. The group—comprised of Midwestern utilities, oil companies, manufacturers, … Read more

Wood As The New Coal: Some Countries Implementing New Process

 |  Jun 15, 2009

As the nation moves toward a clean energy future, wood is becoming a hot commodity. Power companies are burning more trees , Bloomberg reports, because the renewable fuel can be … Read more

Climate and Energy Bill: June Momentum in Congress

 |  Jun 15, 2009

Action on the American Clean Energy & Security Act is heating up as Congress returned from recess and got busy with talks among the leadership.  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has … Read more

Principals for Change Roll Into DC

 |  Jun 12, 2009

Here’s a guest post from NWF communications intern Max Greenberg! Just a couple of weeks after Rolling Thunder roared through Washington, a very different kind of ride hit town. Not … Read more

Plant a Tree, Grow a Job

 |  Jun 11, 2009

Got this email recently from Jeremy Symons, the National Wildlife Federation’s senior vice president for conservation and education: I was returning from a meeting in Congress a week ago and … Read more

NWF’s Larry Schweiger on the American Clean Energy & Security Act

 |  Jun 11, 2009

Via the ClimateOne blog, here’s a clip of National Wildlife Federation President & CEO Larry Schweiger talking about how the Waxman-Markey bill affects international climate treaty negotiations coming up in … Read more

Urgent Request from Congress: Tell Us About Wildlife

 |  Jun 10, 2009

I just got an email from Robyn, in the Western Regional Center, with an urgent call to action she’d seen in the Mercury News. Oddly enough the author was not … Read more

Zionsville Community Habitat and Indiana Wildlife Federation

 |  Jun 8, 2009

Over the weekend, I was proud to join the community of Zionsville, Indiana at the dedication of a sign honoring their Community Wildlife Habitat. I joined Elizabeth Mueller, the Zionsville … Read more