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Sandy’s Mandate: Time to Get Serious About Clean Energy
In the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, it is more important than ever for Americans to rethink our energy choices. Waves from Hurricane Sandy batter the Brooklyn coast. NASA photo.Devastating extreme...
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Next Step? A Clean Energy Jobs Race to the Top
Empowering states to capture clean energy opportunity I know I’m not alone in feeling growing anxiety about the changes to the natural world I’ve seen in my lifetime, or in my rising concern as I flip...
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Campus Conservation Nationals 2013 – Nation’s Largest Electricity and Water...
Students at hundreds of campuses across the country will soon be taking very short showers, studying by flashlight, and cozying up by moonlight when the Campus Conservation Nationals begins its...
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America Must Lean into the Wind on Clean Energy
This week, the Washington Post called America’s pursuit of offshore wind energy a “tortured process” mired in uncertainty and challenges. While that is one way to describe it, National Wildlife...
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Deer me, who knew I would miss hemlocks so much?
NWF recently released a report on how climate is already impacting wildlife, detailing everything from dropping numbers of moose in New England to bears not hibernating much (if at all) in the winter....
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Weekly News Roundup – February 15, 2013
Want to know what National Wildlife Federation was up to this week? Here is a recap of the week’s NWF news: NWF hails reintroduction of legislation conserving Colorado’s San Juan Mountains February...
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Wildlife Supporters Join Historic Rally Against Dirty Keystone XL Pipeline
On Sunday, the National Wildlife Federation and our supporters took part in the largest climate rally in history. And that’s exactly what it felt like: being a part of history. Over 35,000 people came...
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President Obama Golfs With Oil Execs During Weekend of Climate Rally
When it Comes to Climate, Wildlife Supporters Advocate for Birdies NOT Bogeys This past weekend, something remarkable happened — more than 35,000 people came to Washington D.C. from all over the...
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Florida Students Gather to Push for Climate Change Legislation
On February 19th, two days after the largest climate rally in history took place in Washington, D.C., guest blogger Victoria Griener and a large group of her fellow students led a local protest at the...
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Offshore Wind Bill Returns, Thanks to Bipartisan Collaboration
An offshore wind turbine in the Thames Estuary, U.K. Flickr photo by Phil HollmanIt takes a strong and innovative leader to look into a tangled web of challenges and see where intersections offer...
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Initiating Sustainability through the Production of Biodiesel Fuels
In the not too distant future, Piedmont Community College’s (PCC) lawn mowers and yard equipment could be powered by biodiesel fuels produced from cooking oils used in the College’s snack bar. PCC is...
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A Win for Offshore Wind in Maryland
What a way to end the week! On Friday afternoon, the Maryland Senate passed the Offshore Wind Energy Act by a vote of 30 to 15. This was the biggest hurdle facing this clean energy policy – and we...
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Weekly News Roundup – March 29, 2013
Want to know what National Wildlife Federation was up to this week? Here is a recap of the week’s NWF news: New guide addresses parents’ weather-related concerns around letting kids enjoy outdoor...
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Celebrating Success – Offshore Wind Comes to Maryland
Supporters from across the state join Governor O’Malley and General Assembly leaders for Maryland Offshore Wind bill Signing.We don’t often take time to mark our successes, but after three years of...
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Environmental Protection Agency Nominee Gina McCarthy Inspires Massachusetts...
This morning, Gina McCarthy sat before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), poised to field their questions and secure their seal of approval as the next administrator of the...
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President’s Budget Eliminates Environmental Education. Again.
In President Obama’s Inaugural and State of the Union addresses, he outlined the need for the United States to lead the world in both the transition to a clean energy economy and in fostering leaders...
View ArticleGood Jobs, Green Jobs Coming to the U.S.
I attended the Good Jobs, Green Jobs conference on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Close to 1,500 people attended, and half of those were representatives from the United Steel Workers (very impressive)....
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Victory in North Carolina Shows America Wants More Clean Energy, Not Less
North Carolina’s House of Representatives got it right on clean energy last week—even though “getting it right” had to mean formalizing a refusal to get it wrong. Last Wednesday, North Carolina’s...
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Calling on Rhode Island to Take the Lead on Offshore Wind
Turbine in the UK’s Sheringham Shoal Wind Farm (flickr/Edward Davey)Of the more than fifty offshore wind energy projects spinning in the world’s oceans, not one of them is in American waters. Rhode...
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Weekly News Roundup- May 10, 2013
Want to know what National Wildlife Federation was up to this week? Here is a recap of the week’s NWF news: NWF: Inexcusable for EPA Nominee to be Denied Fair Vote May 9- Senate Environment and Public...
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