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Climate Change sets its sights on Thanksgiving

November 9, 2011 By Neil Shader

Delicious Pecan Pie- threatened by climate change

Credit: Yvonne Lee

It’s pretty clear that climate change will have a host of victims, from coastal communities and cities, to drought-stricken plains states.  Already it is affecting the breakfast table, harming production of maple syrup and coffee.  Read more

America’s Forests Feeling the Heat from Beetles and Wildfires

October 21, 2011 By David Moulton

Bark Beetle Damage in Glacier National Park

Credit: William M. Ciesla, Forest Health Management International, Bugwood.org

Across America’s western regions, our vast green forests are changing colors, but not the traditional fall colors we celebrate this time of year. Millions of acres of pine forests in the central and northern Rockies are turning red, victimized by beetles that used to die off during cold winter months. Read more

Climate change action - uncertainty is not an excuse

August 5, 2011 By Neil Shader

Climate Intern Valerie Shen

The is blog post is written by Valerie Shen, a sophomore at Harvard College, who is interning this summer for the Climate Change Policy team at The Wilderness Society. Read more

Climate Change for Kids

July 12, 2011 By Neil Shader

The is blog post is written by Valerie Shen, a sophomore at Harvard College, is interning this summer for the Climate Change Policy team at The Wilderness Society. Read more

Help fight for Clean Air and a Livable Climate

July 7, 2011 By David Moulton

Just a few months ago, anti-climate zealots in the U.S. House of Representatives attacked the Environmental Protection Agency’s programs to cut pollution in our air. Now they are back at it again.  Then it was killing funds to enforce the pollution reducing rules for the 2011 fiscal year – now they are trying to kill it for the 2012 fiscal year.  Fortunately, it didn’t work then and with your help we can keep it from working now. Read more

JP Leous talks climate change with the University of Alaska Anchorage

April 27, 2011 By Neil Shader

The Wilderness Society's own JP Leous has hit the road to talk about the importance of protecting our landscapes from the effects of climate change.  He is up in Alaska, where he will be speaking on climate-smart conservation at the University of Alaska Anchorage's "Climate For Classrooms" conference, and recorded this podcast to go along with his presentation. Read more

Momentum building for Climate Legislation: Bill Meadows on the National Journal

June 15, 2010 By Neil Shader

The Senate voted last week to go forward with the national debate on climate change, not backwards, by rejecting the resolution to weaken the Clean Air Act.  The Wilderness Society President Bill Meadows weighs in on the National Journal's Environment and Energy forum on what the next steps need to be.  Read his comments here.   Read more

Keep the greenhouse gas blowout preventer - Lose the "Dirty Air Act"

June 9, 2010 By William H. Meadows

The oil that continues to gush from seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico is a grim reminder of what our addiction to oil is costing us. Lost jobs in the fishing industry, lost protection of coastal marshes and the wildlife they harbor, and a lost way of life for thousands of Americans along the Gulf coast all result from the dogged pursuit of a fuel source that pollutes our coasts, and our communities, our water, and our air. Read more