Conservation
Midwestern Governors Support Greenhouse Emissions Accord
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Dutch Lessons on Managing Rising Water Due to Warming
Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson led a delegation of federal and Louisiana officials to the Netherlands, to learn how the Dutch manage their water. More … Read more
