Go Wild at the World Wilderness CongressWithout Leaving Home

If you aren’t attending WILD9–the weeklong World Wilderness Congress (November 6-13) that will bring together many of the world’s leading conservationists and wilderness experts to debate and take action on critical environmental issues–you can still pull up a chair and join in through a variety of social networking tools that The WILD Foundation is using to broaden global participation in the event.
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The state of wildlife in the midst of a mass extinction (now)

Jeff Corwin is becoming the Everyman Indian Jones. Because he’s not just an “animal guy” anymore. And while his first MSNBC documentary, Future Earth: 100 Heartbeats, may have enough cute fuzzy animal appeal to woo doe-eyed animal lovers, the brutal scenes familiar to the nature show lineup don’t come from circling hyenas, but from us, whether we’re poachers in the African bush or simply shoppers
Republicans to Boycott Senate Climate Bill Mark Up; Boxer to Proceed Regardless

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) has promised to mark up climate legislation in her committee on Tuesday, as planned, despite an expected boycott of the work session by the committee’s Republican members.
While two members from the minority party (currently, the Republicans) are usually required for a quorum when the committee is marking up a bill, Boxer plans to use a









