Just one week from today within the blank walls of a federal building in Centennial, CO, I will take the Oath of Allegiance—the final step in the climb to becoming a U.S. Citizen. “I will perform work of national importance…without any mental reservation or purpose of...
On October 3, the Senate released its draft budget. And, like every bill these days, it included a somewhat random provision: open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) up for drilling. Their goal? To drill our public lands to offset the $1.5 TRILLION in debt the...
President-elect Trump has nominated a cabinet full of climate change deniers and skeptics. The real question is how can we stop these climate deniers and skeptics from leading the very agencies that address climate change? Starting this week, the Senate will hold...
Yesterday afternoon, President-elect Trump nominated Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the agency directed to protect human health and the environment. So, who is this guy? In May 2015, Pruitt said the debate on...
We’re thrilled to announce that Lindsay Bourgoine has joined Protect Our Winters as our new manager of advocacy and campaigns. Her focus will be on developing strategic campaigns to advance POW’s policy goals on climate change. In addition, she will work on...
