Archive for June, 2009
Historic House victory on Global Warming: Senate battle lies ahead
Saturday, June 27th, 2009Winston Churchill would have applauded the effort of the legions of Wilderness Society voices who contacted the U.S. Congress in favor of action on the American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454 — the Waxman-Markey energy and climate bill), which won a hard-fought victory in the U.S. House of Representatives this evening.
Beetle Strikes Out, Threatens National Pastime
Friday, June 26th, 2009
Ecologist Wendy Loya helps agencies plan for future change
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009Alaska is ground zero for global warming. Temperatures here are rising faster than anywhere else in the world, and the kinds of things scientists have been warning about for years — hotter and drier summers, more wild fires, insect outbreaks, and unusual weather patterns — are already posing some unprecedented threats for the state’s natural resources.
