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Win for the climate - Keystone XL pipeline delayed

November 10, 2011 By David Moulton

The Wilderness Society welcomes the Administration’s decision to slow down the Keystone XL pipeline juggernaut long enough to address the looming catastrophe of climate change.  Read more

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

Climate Change Trendsetting in California

October 21, 2011 By Ann Chan

California is constantly a trendsetter – from Hollywood movies to Silicon Valley, the Golden State is always on the cutting edge – pioneering trends that come into vogue across the nation and all over the world.  Read more

Live-blogging Great Outdoors America Week: Fighting to save our wild places

September 20, 2011 By Mike Costello

Editor's Note: West Virginia Wilderness Coalition Campaign Coordinator Mike Costello is sharing his Great Outdoors America Week (Go America Week) trip to Washington D.C. in live time through this blog, Twitter and Facebook. Costello is one of many citizens from around the country spending the week here advocating to protect America's wild places. Learn more about Go America Week and stay tuned to this site to experience the week with him. You can also Follow TWS on Twitter @wilderness and Costello @WVWilderness for additional insight as our own "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington."   Read more

Climate Change to wipe out 10 percent of species, but others can be helped

July 15, 2011 By Hali Young

Pika's are one of many species vulnerable to climate change

Credit: By NOAA

Climate change may cause one in 10 species in existence to become extinct by 2100, according to a recent scientific study. 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

Western Governors agree: climate change is real, and we need info

July 1, 2011 By Neil Shader

The Western Governors’ Association is hoping to take some common sense steps to prepare for the disruptions that come with climate change. The WGA has announced that it needs help from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an agency that is under attack from some Republicans in Congress. Read more