Conservation

Fighting for Clean Water & Green Jobs for All

 |  Mar 3, 2009

Chelsea Chee of the Black Mesa Water Coalition tells us why she came to Capitol Hill for PowerShift ’09: Read more

Climate Activists Dwarf Exxon Mobil-Funded Counter Protest

 |  Mar 2, 2009

After the PowerShift '09 rally in front of the Capitol, hundreds of students marched on DC's coal-fired power plant in support of clean energy, green jobs and climate action. It … Read more

NWF’s Larry Schweiger Visits PowerShift ’09

 |  Mar 2, 2009

National Wildlife Federation President & CEO Larry Schweiger visited to Capitol Hill today to show his support for the thousands of students rallying at PowerShift ’09. As Larry waited for … Read more

Young People Speak up for Wildlife and a Clean Energy Future

,  |  Mar 2, 2009

It’s estimated that over 13,000 young people are in Washington today for Power Shift 2009, and despite the snowstorm, thousands are on the Hill today, lobbying for strong climate legislation.  … Read more

High School Students Speak Up at Power Shift ’09

 |  Mar 2, 2009

During lunch on Saturday, I went from table to table to ask groups of students why they had come to Power Shift and what they were hoping to gain. Two … Read more

Van Jones Addresses PowerShift ’09

 |  Mar 2, 2009

Have you ever heard Van Jones speak? If you haven’t, take 10 minutes to watch this video from this weekend’s PowerShift ’09 conference: Meanwhile, DC is getting a reminder that … Read more

Environmental Justice Takes Center Stage at Power Shift ’09 Opening Session

,  |  Feb 28, 2009

Power Shift, a conference and lobby event that aimed to bring 10,000 young people to the Capitol to take action on climate change and environmental degradation, took a turn for … Read more

Video: How Cap-and-Trade Works

 |  Feb 26, 2009

Ever since President Obama called on Congress to pass a carbon cap, we've been getting questions about how a cap-and-trade system would work. Here's a short video explaining it, take … Read more

Bird Movements Reveal Global Warming Impacts

 |  Feb 25, 2009

North American birds are moving northward and inland in response to global warming, according to a new in-depth report by the National Audubon Society. Analyses of citizen-gathered data from 40 … Read more

Healthy Forests Absorb 1/5 Of Global Warming Pollution

 |  Feb 25, 2009

Tropical trees have grown bigger over the past half century and now absorb 20 percent of global warming pollution from the atmosphere, emphasizing the urgent need to preserve threatened forests, … Read more