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Obama pushes effort to protect public lands

President Obama is making "reconnecting with the world around us" a national priority.  The "America's Great Outdoors" initiative will ensure all families have places and opportunities to enjoy nature....

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Relax, climate hawks, it’s not about the science. The White House is just...

In this Climate Progress post, Joe Romm blames the White House's communication methods for the slow movement on climate and engergy initiatives.  He argues that President Obama's messages either lack...

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Rebooting America’s Outdoors

This Ecopolitology article says there are three important goals in the Obama administration's "A Promise to Future Generations" report that will "update conservation policies for the 21st century": 1.)...

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Nuturing the Next Generation of Green Leaders

In its select locations, The Nature Conservancy's Leaders in Environmental Action for the Future (LEAF) program has empowered younger generations to be conservation leaders; according to a recent...

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President Obama Announces Intent to Nominate Frank Loy for UN Representative

President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate individuals to key Administration posts on Monday, June 11. Among the nominees was ecoAmerica director Frank E. Loy for Representative of the...

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Clean Energy Does Create New and Better Jobs, but Many Americans Don’t Know It

Clean energy is creating new and better jobs for the US, but conservative media is preventing many Americans from understanding this fact.   Read more about this topic in the below article from Climate...

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Obama’s pastor on finding God in the White House

As a part of its Faith Sector leadership, MomentUs is honored to have the Rev. Joshua DuBois, the architect of the White House Office of Faith Based Partnerships and President Obama’s personal...

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Energy Trumps Climate in New Poll on Americans’ Priorities

A public opinion poll recently featured in the National Journal found that while climate change ranks relatively low on Americans’ policy priority lists, “dealing with the nation’s energy problem”...

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7 Climate Success Stories to Be Thankful For

This is the time of year to think about what we’re grateful for, and at ecoAmerica, we have so many people and organizations to thank for their leadership and inspiration on climate issues. Here are 7...

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Why a Latina Climate Scientist Was Invited to the State of the Union Address

Climate change was a major theme of President Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night. Just how serious is the administration about climate issues? One of the First Lady’s special guests...

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Why the Keystone XL Veto Is Such a Huge Victory for Climate Advocates

Yesterday, President Obama took the historic step of vetoing legislation that would have approved the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. This is important news for many reasons: it reinforces the...

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Making Climate Impacts Real: Obama’s Earth Day Speech From the Everglades

In many ways, Florida is on the front lines of the climate debate. As rising seas are causing flooding in Miami and threatening South Florida’s water supplies, officials at the Department of...

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How Cutting Carbon Pollution Will Help Protect America’s Most Vulnerable...

In Obama’s Earth Day speech from Everglades National Park, he described how unique and precious that region is – and how vulnerable it is to climate threats. But as Dr. Cheryl L. Holder explains in...

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Feeling the Heat at the White House Summit on Climate and Health

Although I’ve worked in Washington D.C. at the national level for years, a White House invitation still holds the thrill of scoring the quintessential “golden ticket.” While I refrained from...

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Obama Stresses Urgent Need for Leadership on Climate Action

As the December climate conference in Paris draws nearer, supporters of climate action are both hopeful about the outcome and concerned that negotiations aren’t progressing fast enough. On his visit...

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Using Social Science to Encourage Climate-Friendly Behavior

At ecoAmerica, we are strong believers in the value of psychographic, social science, and communications research in finding effective ways to engage people on climate issues. It appears President...

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