National Wildlife Federation staffers are taking notes on today’s House Energy & Commerce Committee hearing on the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, draft principles for clean energy … Read more
Conservation
Sportsmen & Women Call for Clean Energy
Dozens of sportsmen and women from all across America are in Washington, DC this week, asking their members of Congress to take bold action on climate and energy legislation. I … Read more
Obama to Talk Clean Energy in Iowa
As the House Energy & Commerce Committee continues hearings today on the Waxman-Markey draft climate legislation, President Obama is traveling to Iowa, the nation’s No. 2 wind energy producer: Heather … Read more
Sportsmen Tell Congress: We Need Clean Energy Now
Dozens of sportsmen from all across America are in Washington, DC today. They’re here to ask their members of Congress to take bold action on climate and energy legislation. With … Read more
“The Mother of All Climate Weeks”
Today Congress is launching what Politico calls “the mother of all climate weeks“: Fifty-four witnesses will testify on climate change legislation in three full days before the House Energy and … Read more
Help Protect Wildlife Threatened by Alien Invasion
For centuries, America’s wildlife and wild places have been under threat from the ongoing introduction of non-native plant and animal species into our country’s ecosystems. As one example, back in … Read more
Real Question for GOP on Energy: Where’s the Beef?
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-MI) has gotten a lot of unwanted attention for yesterday’s appearance on ABC’s This Week. Boehner told host George Stephanopoulous, “George, the idea that carbon … Read more
Breaking: Major EPA Climate Decision Expected Today
Just in from Reuters: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to declare on Friday that greenhouse gas emissions like carbon dioxide endanger human health and welfare, … Read more
Energy Reform: It’s Time to Work Together
Let’s start with the air that we breathe. Carbon dioxide, an invisible heat-trapping gas, has increased by 36 percent from pre-industrial levels in the atmosphere, and its buildup will trigger … Read more
EPA Decision On Global Warming And Threats To Public Health, Welfare Expected Soon
In a telephone press briefing today, environmental leaders from NWF, Sierra Club, NRDC, and Environment America explained the history and significance of an expected announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency. … Read more
