With debate scheduled next week on the Climate Security Act, the U.S. Senate has an opportunity to move ahead with the most promising domestic legislation to address global warming in … Read more
Conservation
Alaska: The Renewable Energy State?
Alaska is at an energy crossroads? Especially southcentral Alaska, where the majority of the state’s residents live? Here, local natural gas was traditionally cheap and abundant and powered the area’s … Read more
Global Warming Changing the Face of Chesapeake Bay
If this Memorial Day weekend mirrors the last, about 350,000 people will cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, many to begin enjoying the ocean and bayside beaches of Virginia, Maryland, and … Read more
Polar Bear Listing Highlights Broader Arctic Challenge
With its decision to list the polar bear as threatened, the Interior Department finally acknowledged the clear scientific consensus around the forecast for these magnificent animals. For polar bears, some … Read more
Climate Change, Happening Now
Our President and CEO Larry Schweiger has a very touching and moving story about how climate change is impacting him personally. It involves a pond and melting ice. I won’t … Read more
Polar Bear Threatened Listing Weakened by Contradictions
The Department of Interior announced last week that it would list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, because their sea ice habitat is melting away. Sounds … Read more
$2 Billion Wind Turbine Order Sets Record
Texas oil man T. Boone Pickens has placed a massive order for wind turbines, a big step toward building the world’s largest wind farm in the Lone Star State. Pickens … Read more
Victory in Surprise Global Warming Vote
Opponents of federal legislation to fight global warming tried a sneak attack last week by adding an amendment to the budget bill. The amendment would have put Congress on record … Read more
Paper Industry Feeling Heat to Address Climate
International Paper and the printing company RR Donnelley face upcoming shareholder votes on climate change resolutions filed by Domini Social Investments.Domini, a sustainable investing leader, has convinced five other major … Read more
Global Warming, a Global Security Threat?
In April of 2007, a panel of retired U.S. generals and admirals released a report titled National Security and the Threat of Climate Change.The report outlines how “climate change acts … Read more
