Conservation

Some American Cities Driven to Combat Global Warming

 |  Jun 11, 2007

New York City, which has ordered all cabs to "go green" within five years, has joined the growing list of 522 cities self-implementing regulations to cut down on their global … Read more

PSC Bars Coal-Fired Plant

 |  Jun 11, 2007

Concerns about global warming persuaded Florida’s Public Service Commission to reject a plan by the state’s largest utility to build a $5.7 billion coal-fired power plant near Everglades National Park. … Read more

NASA Stresses Ten-Year Window

 |  Jun 6, 2007

New research from NASA and the Columbia University Earth Institute warns of severe consequences from global warming if we do not curb our production of global warming pollution within the … Read more

Southern Ocean no Longer Absorbing Carbon

 |  Jun 4, 2007

The Earth’s largest carbon sink – the Southern Ocean – is no longer absorbing carbon.  This may lead heat trapping gases in our atmosphere to rise even faster because one … Read more

President Bush Stalling on Global Warming

 |  May 31, 2007

President Bush, in another stalling tactic today, called for international meetings on global warming that would not produce results until after the presidential election in 2008, in the final months … Read more

NASA: Danger Point Closer Than Thought From Warming

 |  May 30, 2007

New research by NASA and the Columbia University Earth Institute suggests that greater urgency is needed to address climate change than what the IPCC recently reported.  NASA warns that just … Read more

Inuit Skating on Thin Ice

 |  May 30, 2007

Inuits of the Arctic are at an increasing risk from global warming, as the thinning ice is causing a rising number of hunters to fall to their deaths.  Read the … Read more

Vibrio Bacteria a Bigger Threat to Swimmers than Sharks as Northern Waters Warm

 |  May 30, 2007

Rising water temperatures due to global warming have allowed a man-eating bacteria called Vibrio to move north, dramatically increasing the number of people afflicted by it.  Warning: This article includes … Read more

Our Podcasts for Global Warming Solutions

 |  May 29, 2007

NWF’s Campus Ecology Program hosted a greener campus teleconference series during the 2006-2007 academic year. Each teleconference featured practitioners in the field speaking about their accomplishments and challenges and a … Read more

Rachael Carson Turns 100 Today

 |  May 28, 2007

NOTE: Most remember Rachael Carson for her famous book, Silent Spring warning of the dangers of DDT and other persistent and bio-accumulating chemicals that were amplifying up the food chain. … Read more