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Larry Schweiger, President and CEO, National Wildlife Federation
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Schweiger became head of the National Wildlife Federation in March 2004 with a commitment to confront global warming to protect wildlife for our children’s future, connect people to nature, and restore America’s wildlife heritage. National Wildlife Federation is America’s largest conservation organization, with 48 affiliates and more than four million supporters. Schweiger also serves as co-chair of the board of directors of the Alliance for Climate Protection.
Previously, Schweiger served for eight years as president and CEO of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, where he pioneered and promoted programs to expand ecological research and community outreach in high-priority conservation areas.
Schweiger is an active community leader, having served on more than 40 governing boards, commissions and committees. He has received many awards for his efforts in conservation, including the Distinguished Service Award for Special Conservation Achievement from National Wildlife Federation in June 1995, and the Conservation Service Award from the Christian Environmental Association in September 1995. He was selected as Pennsylvania’s Environmental Professional of the Year in 2002.
October 14, 2009 10:43 PM
A path forward I find it hard to believe that Charles Drevna, president of the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association, really believes it’s energy reform that threatens our national security. As Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) detailed in their op-ed in Sunday’s New York Times, it’s our energy status quo that’s the danger. The senators’ collaboration is a clear signal not only that clean energy & climate action are above partisan politics, but that the Senate can and will pass the Clean Energy Jobs Act this year. That message is being echoed in cities across…
Read moreOctober 5, 2009 04:13 PM
Why seek a different approach when cap-and-trade is not only proven to work, but supported by so many Americans? The system has already been used to dramatically lower acid rain pollution at only a fraction of the cost to consumers that was originally predicted. And 71% of American voters support the American Clean Energy and Security Act that passed the House in June. Americans know we face interconnected economic, energy and climate crises. That's why they support comprehensive solutions like American Clean Energy and Security Act that passed the House and the Clean Energy Jobs Act in the Senate. Each bill would that cap global warming pollution and invest…
Read moreSeptember 1, 2009 08:22 AM
You need a secret decoder ring to unravel Bill Kovacs' illogical pretzel in his National Journal blog, as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce launches the most ambitious effort in years to undermine scientific progress on climate change while simultaneously claiming to be a believer in that same science. Here's the secret to understanding the two different faces of the Chamber on global warming: Mr. Kovacs and the Chamber leadership will do anything to stop legislation and regulations that are aimed to rein in runaway greenhouse gas emissions, and they have resorted to an anti-science agenda that is not supported by…
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