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The article presents an essay about the importance of fostering a love and curiosity about nature in one's children. It is noted that modern children spend more time indoors watching television, using computers, or playing electronic video games than getting exercise outdoors. The author argues that exposure to nature leads to more creativity, better physical and mental health, and improved sleep in children, and advocates for government programs to encourage outdoor activities.

An essay is presented on the agreements reached in 2011 between the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama, U.S. automobile manufacturers, and automobile industry labor unions to increase fuel economy standards for automobiles and trucks in order to mitigate greenhouse gases. The author notes National Wildlife Federation (NWF) support for these deals because they will reduce carbon pollution, save consumers billions in fuel costs, and diminish U.S. dependence on Middle Eastern oil.

The article provides information on the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), which has asked the U.S. federal government to protect its citizens from those who pollute the environment. It adds that clean air and water laws are moral contracts between the government and citizens. The author argues that many members of Congress are against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for enforcing these laws.

An essay is presented that explores what it would be like if the U.S. National Wildlife Federation (NWF) did not exist. The author wonders if the U.S. would have a Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, or Safe Drinking Water Act without the NWF and its partners, who have worked to raise public and government awareness about the threats to wildlife and their habitats. The author encourages individuals to participate in working for NWF goals and the challenges to wildlife protection.

In this article the author examines why the U.S. does not have an energy policy that will create jobs and protect the environment. He notes pledges made by several U.S. presidents including Barack Obama, former U.S. president Richard Nixon, and former president Gerald Ford to end the U.S.'s dependence on fossil fuels. He argues that failed energy policies make the U.S. economically unstable and discusses how solving the energy crisis will create a pathway to economic recovery.

In this article the author discusses his relationship with the U.S. National Wildlife Federation (NWF), which he likens to family. He relates his experience of being exposed to the NWF as a young boy by his parents who were members of a local affiliate of the NWF. He discusses the role that NWF has played in protecting wildlife and individuals that he considers mentors from his youth, including BWF board member Lenny Green, who the author credits for influencing his career in conservation.

In this article the author discusses the impact that the British Petroleum Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and resulting oil spill is having on wildlife species in the Gulf of Mexico and remarks on U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to place a freeze on new oil drilling along the U.S. coast. He is critical of the environmental impact of the oil industry and is supportive of U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to delay coastal oil drilling.

The article presents an editorial on the U.S. news media's coverage of global warming. The author argues that the U.S. news media is too concerned with shallow, inconsequential stories to properly cover global warming news. The author believes that the failure of major media outlets to cover researcher Wieslaw Maslowski's announcement that the Arctic could be ice-free in the summer of 2013 is reprehensible.

The article presents an editorial about global warming. The author bemoans that, despite abundant evidence and acknowledgment of global warming, people are largely doing noting in response. The author believes that it is ridiculous that people listen to skeptics in the media rather than the thousands of scientists studying global warming.

The article offers an editorial concerning attacks leveled against conservationists. The author relates the story of Richard Cizik, leader of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), who was verbally attacked for urging his followers to take action against global warming. The author also discusses attacks against former U.S. Vice President, and outspoken environmentalist, Al Gore.

This article discusses America's use of fossil fuels and the effect of such use on greenhouse gas pollution, national security, economy and the future. Few Americans and few Washington political leaders comprehend how very little time we have left to act before we lose control of global warming. Within our children's lifetime the planet, under current rates of greenhouse gas emissions, will hit a tipping point that can trigger runaway global warming. Scientists say that we have less than 10 years to curb carbon dioxide emissions. Definite plans for use of biofuels, updated fuel-efficiency standards for motor vehicles, cutting of carbon dioxide emissions by new electric power plants, and many other solutions must be created. Americans must take the lead so that its Congress will act to formulate a national energy policy.

The article presents information on the aims, objectives and formation of the National Wildlife Federation (NWF). It informs that Jay Norwood Darling, who served as chief of the U.S. biological survey launched the organization to wake up the U.S. to the plight of nature. The organization was formed to motivate U.S. government to act on behalf of wildlife's future. Darling was also a leading a federal effort to restore acres of lands to improve habitat for some of the endangered species. The article also reflects on the environmental realities as stated by the organization. It warns the public regarding buildup of global warming pollution in the atmosphere. It has an adverse effect on the climate. It also cautions about many of America's great waters and lands that have been altered to the ecological breaking point. The organization also urges people to take bold actions to confront the new environmental hazards to make difference for the future of wildlife. NWF member can be a vital link in this effort. They can help the organization inspire Americans of every walk of life to join it in this fight.

The article presents a discussion on global warming. Global warming is no longer just a matter of scientific intrigue. Today, it is much more than a distant concern. It is a reality that must be addressed with a sense of urgency. Its consequences are already being felt by millions around the world. It is an accepted scientific understanding that the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and petroleum coupled with the destruction of forests has lead to the ensuing 36 percent increase in carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. This carbon dioxide buildup is triggering a profound change in the global climate system.

The article focuses on the widespread damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana and other Gulf Coast areas. Many experts believe the massive hurricane and the widespread damage it caused may have resulted in part from a collision of two environmental problems that continue unabated--global warming, which may have increased the power of the storm, and ill-conceived development, which has permanently damaged the Mississippi Delta and the coastal wetlands that long served as buffers against nature's fury. Before streams in the delta were lined with levees, the rivers brought in silt that continuously replenished the land. After levees were constructed, however, the rivers stopped depositing new soil, which instead flowed out into the Gulf of Mexico, suffocating marine life across a vast area now known as the Dead Zone. Hurricanes are powered by moisture rising from warm seas. The warmer the water, the stronger the hurricane. Climatologists have long feared that as global warming heats the oceans, hurricanes will become more severe.

Discusses the advocacy for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska in 2005. Commitment of the public to protect the refuge; Advantage of raising automobile fuel efficiency standards; Quality of life issues that should be considered by the advocates.

Reflects on climate changes. Greatest single threat to the future of wildlife; Result of a study on six eco-regions covering 20 percent of Earth's land area, conducted by 19 leading scientists; Actions to be taken to stop the global catastrophe unprecedented in human history.