In Historic Vote, Congress Takes Key First Step Toward Clean Energy Future; “If we bankrupt nature, there will be no bailout,” says WWF CEO Carter Roberts
In a bipartisan vote, the U.S. House of Representatives today passed landmark legislation that would constitute America’s biggest step to date in responding to the energy and climate crises. [...]

WWF: American Clean Energy Security Act will Create Economic Prosperity and Promote Energy Security; Bill Must Be Strengthened to Ensure Global Climate Agreement
Lou Leonard, Director of U.S. Climate Policy for World Wildlife Fund, today praised passage of HR 2454, the American Clean Energy Security Act, by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Passage of [...]

Apa Sherpa Unveils Banner on Summit Urging Action on Climate Change
Utah Resident Apa Sherpa unveiled a banner on the summit of Mount Everest today telling the world to take urgent action on climate change and save his native Himalayas. The banner containing the WWF message – “Stop Climate Change, Let the Himalayas Live!” was [...]

World Wildlife Fund issued the following statement from President and CEO Carter S. Roberts on the revised American Clean Energy and Security Act resulting from negotiations led by House Energy Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Energy and Environment Subcommittee Chairman Edward Markey (D-MA):
“WWF commends Chairmen Waxman and Markey for leading the effort to [...]

Development and Environmental Communities Convene Landmark Discussion on Tropical Forest Protection as Key to Solving Global Poverty, Climate Change
Nobel Peace Prize laureates Al Gore and Wangari Maathai today called upon the United States to combat rapidly accelerating tropical deforestation as a central element in the fight against global poverty, climate change and international instability. [...]