Non-profit

Wild Nature Institute

Location:

WEAVERVILLE, NC

Tax ID:

46-3021940

Tax-Exempt Status:

501(c)(3)

Budget (2015):

Revenue: $105,215
Expenses: $103,998
Assets: $34,568

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The Wildlife Nature Institute is a conservation group conducting scientific research to protect wildlife and the environment. 1 It signed a petition supporting the Green New Deal. 2 Wild Nature Institute has opposed the use of zero carbon nuclear energy. 3

Opposition to Nuclear Energy

Wild Nature was one of more than 600 co-signing organizations on a January 2019 open letter to Congress titled “Legislation to Address the Urgent Threat of Climate Change.” The signatories declared their support for new laws to bring about “100 percent decarbonization” of the transportation sector but denounced nuclear power as an example of “dirty energy” that should not be included in any legislation promoting the use of so-called “renewable energy.” 4

Nuclear power plants produce no carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas emissions, and as of 2021 accounted for 19 percent of American electricity production—the largest source of zero carbon electricity in the United States. 5 An October 2018 proposal from The Nature Conservancy noted that zero-carbon nuclear plants produced 7.8 percent of total world energy output and recommended reducing carbon emissions by increasing nuclear capacity to 33 percent of total world energy output. 6

References

  1. “About Us.” Wild Nature Institute. https://www.wildnatureinstitute.org/about-us.html.
  2. “Green New Deal Hub.” Influence Watch. https://www.influencewatch.org/hub/green-new-deal/.
  3. “Group letter to Congress urging Green New Deal passage.” Earthworks. January 10, 2019. Accessed July 27, 2023. https://www.earthworks.org/publications/group-letter-to-congress-urging-green-new-deal-passage/
  4. “Group letter to Congress urging Green New Deal passage.” Earthworks. January 10, 2019. Accessed July 27, 2023. https://www.earthworks.org/publications/group-letter-to-congress-urging-green-new-deal-passage/
  5. “Nuclear explained.” U.S. Energy Information Administration. Accessed July 25, 2023. https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/nuclear/us-nuclear-industry.php
  6. “The Science of Sustainability.” The Nature Conservancy. October 13, 2018. Accessed July 25, 2023. https://www.nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/our-insights/perspectives/the-science-of-sustainability/

Supported Movements

  1. Green New Deal (GND)
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Nonprofit Information

  • Accounting Period: December - November
  • Tax Exemption Received: September 1, 2014

  • Available Filings

    Period Form Type Total revenue Total functional expenses Total assets (EOY) Total liabilities (EOY) Unrelated business income? Total contributions Program service revenue Investment income Comp. of current officers, directors, etc. Form 990
    2015 Dec Form 990EZ $105,215 $103,998 $34,568 $-10,038 $0 $0 $0 $0 PDF
    2014 Dec Form 990EZ $51,453 $41,924 $26,313 $3,000 $0 $0 $0 $0 PDF
    2013 Dec Form 990EZ $4,573 $4,573 $16,784 $16,784 $0 $0 $0 $0 PDF

    Additional Filings (PDFs)

    Wild Nature Institute

    PO BOX 44
    WEAVERVILLE, NC 28787-0044