Conservation

Flooded Village Files Suit, Citing Corporate Link to Climate Change

Lawyers for the Alaska Native coastal village of Kivalina, which is being forced to relocate because of flooding caused by the changing Arctic climate, filed suit in federal court this … Read more

Granholm: Energy jobs will spark the economy

Having just returned from a meeting of the National Governors Association in Washington, D.C., Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Michigan is positioned to become a base for the alternative energy industry … Read more

History of Global Warming

For those history buffs interested in better understanding how Americans have come to understand climate science, check out this video. On an encouraging note, it highlights a 2007 poll which … Read more

Corals May Get Help Adapting to Warmer Waters

Scientists have learned that some corals seem to resist warming temperatures better than others. New research is testing whether scientists can help corals adapt by providing them with symbiotic partners … Read more

Brazil hosts global forum on climate

Lawmakers from industrialized nations and big emerging economies met this week to draft policies to address global warming and rising deforestation. Read the entire story here. (Photo of Congressman Ed … Read more

World’s First Carbon-Neutral Sailfish Tournament

Last month I spent a weekend in Miami Beach at the world’s first carbon-neutral sailfish tournament, co-sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation. The tournament offset an estimated 200 tons of … Read more

Hunters, anglers target Lieberman-Warner fence-sitters

NWF held a press conference announcing the more than 670 sportsmen groups that signed onto a letter calling for funding for protection of wildlife from global warming and to pass … Read more

UN Seek New Leaders on Global Warming

Virgin CEO Richard Branson offered Monday to set up an "environmental war room" to lead the world’s efforts to find a fix for global warming. Read the entire story here. Read more

Unnatural Preservation

In the age of global warming, public-land managers face a stark choice: They can let national parks and other wildlands lose their most cherished wildlife. Or they can become gardeners … Read more

Wall Street Shows Skepticism Over Coal

Three of Wall Street’s biggest investment banks are set to announce today that they are imposing new environmental standards that will make it harder for companies to get financing to … Read more