Posted January 3, 2012 by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
Doug Obegi commented to Time magazine about a “paradigm shift” in the way people are approaching the water crisis in California… Avinash Kar spoke with the International Business Times about the decades-long fight to remove antibiotics from livestock feed, citing NRDC’s...continued→
Posted December 31, 2011 by Daniel Rosenberg in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, The Media and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
In which a group of Senators pen fact-challenged letters on behalf of formaldehyde and styrene, currying favor with the chemical industry and undercutting government health agencies. In my last post, I discussed how EPA was compelled by the collaboration of...continued→
Posted December 28, 2011 by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
John Walke commented on the importance of the recent toxic air pollution regulations for power plants in Huffington Post, saying “The electric power sector is far and away the largest emitter of toxic air pollution in America”… John was also quoted...continued→
Posted December 28, 2011 by Bob Keefe in Green Enterprise, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, The Media and the Environment
Fossil fuel lobbyists and their allies in Congress continue to dispute the need to support development of more renewable energy in America. Never mind that more 90 percent of Americans say developing renewable energy should be a national priority. Never...continued→
Posted December 27, 2011 by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
A Canadian Press article picked up by Herald Business referred to NRDC as the most vocal opponent of the Keystone XL pipeline and cited Susan Casey-Lefkowitz’s blog about the passage of the U.S. payroll tax bill that would fast-track a...continued→
Posted December 20, 2011 by Richard Schrader in The Media and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
Over the last few years, television commercials extolling the virtues of hydrofracking while conveniently papering over the degradation it causes have become pretty common fare in Pennsyslvania and western New York. The imagery is predictable — gorgeous meadows and untarnished...continued→
Posted December 20, 2011 by Anthony Swift in Moving Beyond Oil, The Media and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
One of the most important facts that is missing in the national debate surrounding the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is this – Keystone XL will not bring any more oil into the United State for decades to come. ...continued→
Posted December 19, 2011 by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
Frances Beinecke was interviewed by the New York Times about the state of the environmental movement. In the piece, Frances cites NRDC’s emphasis on communicating powerful messages and our concerns about hydraulic fracturing … TIME Magazine’s Ecocentric blog cited Frances’ blog post...continued→
Posted December 19, 2011 by Amanda Maxwell in The Media and the Environment
This is the last Latin America news summary before the New Year and the editorial team would like to wish everyone a wonderful holiday – ¡Felices Fiestas y Prospero Año Nuevo! Chile Renewable energy development made a lot of news...continued→
Posted December 16, 2011 by Rich Kassel in The Media and the Environment
Are you watching the family next door trick out their front lawn with holiday lights and inflatable lawn Santas, and wondering whether you can top them? In the spirit of the not writing something serious today (NRDC’s holiday party is...continued→
