National Wildlife Federation has joined environmental and conservation organizations in recommending a green stimulus proposal that would repower America. The proposal would jumpstart our economy by creating as many as … Read more
Conservation
New Jersey Releases Implementation Strategies For Climate Action Plan
New Jersey has released a draft recommendation report to deal with global warming. The report provides scientific analyses about major sources of greenhouse gas emissions and outlines actions that are … Read more
Group Uses Polar Worms To Track Climate Change
A group of researchers affiliated with Colorado State University (CSU) is hunting for worms in Antarctica to help track our planet’s changing climate. A research team of seven students led … Read more
Climate Change May Increase Human Health Problems
Global warming could lead to a rise in human health problems due to exposure to harmful air pollutants, according to researchers in a study published in the journal Environmental Health … Read more
Catchphrases Won’t Solve Climate Change
You’ve probably been hearing a lot about “clean coal” as one of the paths we can take to a new energy future., but while it sounds nice, the truth is: … Read more
Conservation Groups File Suit to Restore Endangered Species Act Protections
The National Wildlife Federation, 13 of its affiliates, and Golden Gate Audubon have filed a lawsuit challenging the Bush administration’s regulations weakening the consultation requirements of the Endangered Species Act. … Read more
NASA: 2 Trillion Ice Tons Melted Since ’03, Study Links Extreme Weather With Global Warming
Two trillion tons of Arctic land ice has melted since 2003, according to new NASA satellite data that show the latest signs of a warming world. More than half of … Read more
Europe’s 20-20-20 Framework Puts Ball In U.S. Court
In the final days of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poland, European leaders met in Brussels and agreed to a pact for climate action to combat global warming. … Read more
Obama’s Interior, Agriculture Appointees Will Put Land Use Policies On Right Path
President-elect Barack Obama has introduced more cabinet selections—Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) as Secretary of the Interior and former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as Secretary of Agriculture. In response, Larry Schweiger, … Read more
The Wildlife Faces of Global Warming: Alaska
When I moved to Alaska in October of 2008 everyone back in upstate New York, where I grew up, thought I was crazy – going to one of the coldest … Read more
