Conservation

White House: Green Jobs A Pathway To A Strong Middle Class

 |  Feb 3, 2009

The White House Task Force on Middle Class Working Families holds its first meeting on February 27 in Philadelphia to discuss the urgency to create green jobs to save the … Read more

Sportsmen, Conservationists Rally Behind Efforts To Safeguard Wildlife

 |  Feb 3, 2009

More than 340 hunting, fishing and conservation groups from across the country have signed a letter to rally support for helping wildlife survive global warming. From sport fishing groups to … Read more

Wind Now Employs More Than Coal In U.S.

 |  Feb 3, 2009

The wind industry now employs more people than coal mining in the United States. Wind industry jobs jumped 70 percent in 2008 from the previous year, according to a new … Read more

Climate Action On Capitol Hill

 |  Feb 3, 2009

Last week, the House of Representatives passed an economic recovery package with $100 billion in funding for clean energy, electric cars, developing a next-generation national electric grid, and efficiency upgrades … Read more

Sen. Boxer Unveils Principles for Global Warming Legislation

 |  Feb 3, 2009

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, held a press conference this morning to release her principles for global warming legislation. Larry Schweiger, president … Read more

Support A Recovery That Repowers America

 |  Feb 2, 2009

Right now our leaders in Congress are considering an economic recovery program that will invest in alternative and renewable energy, begin to address the climate crisis and create millions of … Read more

Climate on Campus….Heats Up Starting this Week!

 |  Jan 31, 2009

  Starting this week, National Wildlife Federation and partners launch the first of three national initiatives this winter and spring that will collectively mobilize an estimated 300,000 students, young people … Read more

Gore Tells Senate Committee We Need New Global Climate Treaty

 |  Jan 28, 2009

And we’re live from Union Station in Washington, DC! I just came from Dirksen Senate Office Building, where I was one of about 75 people who didn’t get into today’s … Read more

Having a (Green) Ball

 |  Jan 27, 2009

If you weren’t one of the lucky thousands packed into the National Portrait Gallery last week for the Green Inaugural Ball, you missed the best and greenest party of the … Read more

Delivering on the Promise

 |  Jan 27, 2009

It feels like a whole new world.  On January 19, I joined thousands of people at the Green Inaugural Ball that celebrated the Big Green Tent — and the arrival … Read more