Former President Bill Clinton, at the third annual meeting of the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) in Chicago today, shared valuable perspectives on investing in large-scale building … Read more
Conservation
One of These Things is Not Like the Other
If I gave you a panther, a polar bear and a bar-tailed godwit, and gave you 30 seconds to figure out which animal is not like the other, you could … Read more
Not Allowed in “Families for Coal” Group: Families
I hopped in the National Wildlife Federation Prius yesterday to drive from our headquarters in Reston, VA to the Netroots Nation blogger conference here in Pittsburgh, PA. Every 30 miles … Read more
Highlight of the Week: EIA Analysis Finds Cost of Energy Bill Low
A new government study comes to the same conclusion as most others: clean energy legislation would cost little for the average consumer. According to the Energy Information Administration, the nation's foremost … Read more
Economic Message of the Week: Businesses Support Clean Energy Job Bill
A group of 150 trade associations and manufacturers is backing a piece of legislation it says will increase the number of green manufacturing jobs in the U.S. The Apollo Alliance, a … Read more
Electric Car is Game-Changer on Road
The Chevy Volt, GM’s much anticipated foray into the electric car market, was officially announced Monday. According to company representatives, the car will get 230 miles per gallon in the … Read more
Gov. Paterson Sets NY Emissions Goals
New York Governor David A. Paterson signed an executive order establishing an 80 percent emissions reduction goal by the year 2050. Gov. Paterson stressed the importance of curbing harmful emissions as … Read more
Big Oil Funding Anti-ACES Protests
Polluters have already spent more than $100 million dollars trying to kill comprehensive climate and energy legislation. That money has wound up funding everything from misleading TV ads to forged … Read more
New Poll: 71% Back Climate Bill
A new Zogby International poll released today shows seven in ten likely voters favor the American Clean Energy and Security (ACES) Act, the comprehensive climate and clean energy bill that … Read more
Dirty Politics for Dirty Fuels
(as published in National Wildlife Federation’s National Wildlife, Aug/Sept. 2009) Many of you wrote letters and placed phone calls to your members of Congress in support of the American Clean … Read more
