Conservation

Arctic Ice Has Shrunk to Record Low

 |  Sep 20, 2007

New satellite images have shown that Arctic sea ice has shrunk to the smallest size on record, down to 1 million square miles from 1.5 million square miles in 2005. … Read more

Already Seeing the Changes

 |  Sep 19, 2007

The Washington Post reports that the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland is already feeling the affects of climate change. Thousands of acres of wetlands have become encroached by sea … Read more

U.S. judge throws out state global-warming suit against automakers

 |  Sep 18, 2007

A federal judge in San Francisco has thrown out a lawsuit that the California state attorney general filed against the six largest automakers, in what had been billed as a … Read more

Climate Change Brings Risk of More Extinctions

 |  Sep 17, 2007

Around the world, scientists have found that climate change is altering natural ecosystems, making profound changes in the ways that animals live, migrate, eat and grow. Click here for this … Read more

Judge rejects automakers’ bid to scrap state emission rules

 |  Sep 13, 2007

State rules on greenhouse gas emissions don’t conflict with federal mileage standards and automakers should be able to develop the technology to meet them, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Click … Read more

Pelosi sees higher mileage standards combating global warming

 |  Sep 13, 2007

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that making the United States energy independent is directly connected to combating global warming, and conservation measures such as higher mileage standards for automobiles … Read more

Chill Out is back!!

 |  Sep 5, 2007

Are you tackling global warming on campus?  Then you need to Chill Out! National Wildlife Federation’s Chill Out: Campus Solutions to Global Warming competition is back and its bigger than … Read more

Bloggers Unite for the Environment Oct. 15

 |  Aug 31, 2007

“For just one day, we’d like to unite as many of the millions of bloggers around the world and speak about one issue – the environment,” said Collis Ta’eed a … Read more

Northwest Passage Nearly Open

 |  Aug 31, 2007

Due to sufficient sea ice retreat this summer, the Northwest Passage is almost open. Read more here. Photo: earthobservatory.nasa.gov Read more

Letter-to-the-Editor Campaign Delivers Strong Global Warming Message

 |  Aug 31, 2007

Recently, NWF activists went the extra mile, writing letters to the editor of their local newspapers to help raise awareness about global warming and the need for action. So far … Read more