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Dale Bryk –
Director, Air & Energy Program
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Posted January 27, 2012 in Curbing Pollution, Solving Global Warming
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Who doesn’t want more good things? And by good things, here’s some of what I mean: pollution cuts that help protect the health of our children and of our increasingly fragile atmosphere. (Just how bad are things getting, climate-wise? To...continued→
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Zak Smith –
Attorney, Marine Mammal Protection Project
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Posted January 27, 2012 in Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
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- biogems, britain, bycatch, california, canada, chinesewhitedolphin, cod, dna, dolphins, dolphinsafetuna, easternpacificgraywhale, endangeredspecies, endangeredspeciesact, graywhale, killerwhale, pacific, russia, sealion, seals, seaworld, southerncalifornia, southkorea, stellersealion, stranding, tuna, wales, whales, wto
News in the world of whales last week (or close to it). Okay, let’s start with some dolphin news. The big news last week was the mass stranding of dolphins that continued throughout the week in Cape Cod. It started...continued→
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Linda Greer –
Director, Health and Environment Program
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Posted January 27, 2012 in Curbing Pollution, Greening China, Health and the Environment
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- apple, china, globalization, multinationalcorporations, NYT, pollution, supplychain
This week, the New York Times week published articles about Apple Computer ( here and here) which paint a grim picture about the prospects that manufacturing will ever move back to the U.S. and an even grimmer picture of life...continued→
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Sylvia Fallon –
Senior Scientist
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Posted January 27, 2012 in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
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- biogems, birds, climatechange, endangeredspecies, science, wolves, yellowstone
A new study has documented a decline in songbird populations in Arizona as a result of climate change. What gets less attention in this story is that this decline is caused by elk over-browsing the plants that provide cover and...continued→
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Elly Pepper –
Legislative Advocate
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Posted January 27, 2012 in Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and WIld Places, U.S. Law and Policy
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- biogems, endangeredspecies, fossilfuels, keystone, wildlife
When we turn on the heat in our homes or start our cars, most of us don’t think about the creatures that may be harmed as a result. But the fact is that oil, gas, and coal extraction is one...continued→
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Adrian Martinez –
Staff Attorney, Environmental Justice
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Posted January 27, 2012 in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, U.S. Law and Policy
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- airpollution, epa, losangeles, losangelescleanair, ozone, smog
About a year ago, I blogged about a significant legal victory for clean air and clean transportation in the Los Angeles region. You can read that blog here. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reaffirmed its earlier decision today, which...continued→
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David Goldstein –
Energy Program Co-Director
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Posted January 27, 2012 in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, The Media and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
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- conservatives, economicfreedom, freedom, limitedgovernment, locationefficiency, rightwing, smartgrowth
I have come across a number of blogs from conservatives that attack Smart Growth – land use planning to revitalize older communities, protect sensitive areas, and enable more walkable neighborhoods – based on fundamental misunderstandings of what Smart Growth means...continued→
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Danielle Droitsch –
Director, Canada Project
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Posted January 27, 2012 in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil
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- biogems, dirtyoil, jobs, keystonexl, oilsands, tarsands
The State Department’s admission this week that a senior official misstated the job creation numbers forecast for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is notable, given widespread and unbalanced media reporting on the number of jobs created by the pipeline. ...continued→
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Rich Kassel –
Senior Attorney and Director, Clean Fuels and Vehicles Project
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Posted January 27, 2012 in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
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- cleanairact, cleanairactdefense, EPA, lightdutyvehicles, margooge, nacaa, ozone, sulfur, Tier3
Margo Oge, EPA’s Director of Office of Transportation and Air Quality, has confirmed what I wrote in my Tier 3 post last week, which described the agency’s possible approach in its upcoming proposal to create a new rule to reduce emissions...continued→
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Rob Perks –
Transportation Advocacy Director
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Posted January 27, 2012 in Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil
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- congress, gas, gasprices, gastax, highways, infrastructure, oil, roads, transit, transportation
The local headlines have been blunt and brutal. "Miles short on transportation," read one a few days ago. "Empty promises" was today's title. Both of these blistering editorials by the Washington Post point out how little Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's transportation agenda would accomplish because...continued→
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Kaid Benfield –
Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
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Posted January 27, 2012 in Living Sustainably
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- cartoon, smartgrowth, sustainablecommunities
Cartoon from xkcd via NRDC's OnEarth website. Kaid Benfield writes (almost) daily about community, development, and the environment. For more posts, see his blog's home page. Please also visit NRDC’s sustainable communities video channel....continued→
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Michael Davidson –
China Climate Fellow
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Posted January 27, 2012 in Curbing Pollution, Living Sustainably, Solving Global Warming
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- cleanenergy, earthsummit, greenjobs, racetorio, rio+20, rioplus20, rioplus40, youth
Over the last three days here at the UN in New York City, I have heard a lot of criticisms of the “zero” draft outcome document for the June Rio+20 Earth Summit. Countries have passionately lambasted its lack of “vision”,...continued→
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Simon Mui –
Scientist, Clean Vehicles and Fuels
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Posted January 27, 2012 in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
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- 60mpg, cleancars, electricvehicles, fueleconomy, fueleconomystandards, fuelefficiency, globalwarmingstandards, greenhousegasstandards, zev
Just moments ago, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) voted unanimously (9-0) to move forward with its landmark clean car standards. When the rule is fully implemented by 2025, new cars will emit 75% less smog pollution, 50% less carbon...continued→
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Pierre Bull –
Policy Analyst
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Posted January 26, 2012 in Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Solving Global Warming
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- Cuomo, greenjobs, jobs, ny, solar, video
What's the wait? New York needs to take the next step to invest in solar. Policies such as the New York State renewable portfolio standard (RPS) have done a lot to bring new renewables like wind and biomass into the...continued→
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Christina Angelides –
Federal Policy Advocate, Air & Energy Program
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Posted January 26, 2012 in Curbing Pollution, Solving Global Warming
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- cleaneconomy, cleanenergy, daniels, energyefficiency, energystandards, innovation, jobs, kestonexl, renewableenergy, SOTU, stateoftheunion
Among the national priorities highlighted in President Obama’s State of the Union speech, few garnered as strong a positive reaction from voters as his plan to reform our energy system and build the nation’s rapidly growing clean energy economy. As...continued→
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