Conservation

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

Groups Press Obama For Tribe-Friendly Renewables

 |  Jan 27, 2009

A network of Native American tribal groups is asking President Barack Obama to support tribally owned and operated renewable energy projects, along with economic development initiatives that could reduce dependence … Read more

Report: All Antarctica Warming

 |  Jan 27, 2009

Antarctica is warming rather than cooling, according to scientists analyzing half a century of temperatures on the continent. A review by U.S. scientists of satellite and weather records for Antarctica, … Read more

Economist, Groups: Make Global Warming High On Agenda

 |  Jan 27, 2009

The United States must move swiftly toward addressing global warming on a variety of fronts, according to a major bank’s leading economist. Adam Sieminski, chief energy economist with Deutsche Bank, … Read more

Obama Administration Helping Auto Industry Turn The Corner

 |  Jan 27, 2009

Larry Schweiger, president and CEO of National Wildlife Federation, joined President Barack Obama Monday at the White House as President Obama directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to grant state … Read more

Power Shift: “We are not going anywhere!”

 |  Jan 27, 2009

If 2007’s Power Shift is any example, Power Shift 09 is going to be huge: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ4qnGHSCX0[/youtube] Read more

Finally! A Victory for Public Lands!

 |  Jan 23, 2009

We’ve waited a long time for a significant victory for our public lands… Over the last five years, it’s been one thing after another threatening to take the character and … Read more