National Wildlife Federation staff were joined Wednesday by race car driver Leilani Munter on Capitol Hill to promote global warming legislation that substantially reduces global warming pollution and provides dedicated funding for conserving America’s rivers, streams, forests, fish, and wildlife threatened by global warming.

In addition to being one of the top-ranked female race car drivers in the country, Leilani has a passion for environmental activism. She credits this passion to her science background.

Leilani’s passion and outreach show that confronting global warming is an issue important to all Americans, including NASCAR fans.