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America’s Forests Feeling the Heat from Beetles and Wildfires

Oct 21, 2011

Across America’s western regions, our vast green forests are changing colors, but not the traditional fall colors we celebrate this time of year.

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Biomass Sustainability in the California Low Carbon Fuels Regulation

Sep 27, 2011

The State of California has a Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation which mandates that California’s transportation fuels should be at least 10 percent less carbon intensive by the year 2020.  The LCFS does not mandate the adoption of any particular fuel, but it will likely drive

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The Wilderness Society unites with skiers and snowboarders to fight climate change

Foster Burgess
Sep 15, 2011

The Protect Our Winters coalition of skiers and snowboarders, including two-time Olympic snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler, joined The Wilderness Society and other environmental groups to call on Congress and the Administration to help curb climate-change causing carbon emissions that are threatening

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Climate change action - uncertainty is not an excuse

Aug 5, 2011

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.

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

Jul 15, 2011

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

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EPA needs to stop the biomass cover-up

Monday, May 2, 2011

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is aiding and abetting a massive cover-up of good science regarding biomass – the term for tree and plant matter used for energy.

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Statement from Bill Meadows on Carol Browner leaving the White House

Anonymous
Jan 25, 2011

The following statement from The Wilderness Society President William H. Meadows is in response to the news that Carol Browner, chief environmental and energy adviser to President Obama, will be leaving the White House.

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Breaking Down the House Budget Bill

Feb 24, 2011

Recently, the House of Representatives, led by the new Republican House Majority, debated and passed HR1, the Continuing Resolution for FY 11.  This legislation is one of the most harmful to our environment in American history ever to pass a single chamber of the US Congress.  An assault is being made on air, water, lands and wildlife that will irrevocably harm our health, our quality of life, and our economic recovery.  

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How Climate Change is Affecting Washington’s North Cascade Range

Feb 23, 2011

The sky is still pitch black when my dad and I arrive at the trailhead. There is a thin cloud cover that prevents even a glimmer of moonlight from reflecting on the hood of the burgundy Subaru. Dawn is still hours away.

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Notes from the top of the World

Oct 19, 2010

I recently took a trip to Alaska, to learn about how climate change is affecting the people that live on the front lines of a warming world.  The following was originally posted on the website Care2.com. 

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