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You Have $3Trillion Dollars-- How Do You Want to Invest It? In the Future? Or in the Past?

August 8, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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bigoil, energy, energysavings, Francesbeinecke, henryhenderson, HuffPo, investment, latblog, nancystoner, nrdcactionfundad, plentymagazine, ralphcavanagh, snakeoilad, switchboard, ttw, USnewandworldreport, WesleyWarren

HuffingtonPost (7Million readers/month) picked up NRDC President Frances Beinecke’s most recent Switchboard post discussing the danger posed to our economy (not to mention, our way of living) by drilling more—as Frances so aptly observes: “The fact of the matter...continued

China Making Environmental Headlines Alongside California

August 7, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

The People’s Web, the website of China’s People’s Daily (the most official of the official Chinese newspapers) carried a lengthy article quoting David Doniger and reiterating US EPA conclusions that voluntary emissions reductions aren’t working… And though we can't...continued

ef·fi·cien·tize (verb) 1. To Make Something Better

August 6, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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ap, bradsewell, chicagosuntimes, danielhinefeld, ericgoldstein, fox, jamaicabay, naturalgasny, nysun, OCS, tboonepickens, ttw, wolverines

In a Fox 11 interview, Daniel Hinerfeld points out that even T Boone Pickens, the “oil man who has never met an oil well he didn’t like” is convinced that America needs to move away from fossil fuels and...continued

Sun, Wind and... Cow Manure?

August 4, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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aaroncolangelo, barbarafinamore, childrenstoys, coal, editorial, fishoutofwater, houstonchronicle, jimpresswood, manure, nathanaelgreene, newsweek, ocs, phthalates, plentymagazine, sacramentobee, salmon, sarahjanssen, sciamerican, timothyhui, wind

Scientific American ran two articles today on the environmental and energy challenges faced by a growing China: coal vs. wind, smog vs. clean air. Timothy Hui talks about the air in China in the first article, while Barbara Finamore...continued

What do jellyfish, drilling and whale blubber have in common?

August 4, 2008

Posted by Scott Dodd in Health and the Environment , Moving Beyond Oil , Reviving the World's Oceans , The Media and the Environment

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cleanenergy, drilling, globalwarming, jellyfish, newyorktimes, oceans, whaling

Answer: They’re black and white and read all over. Sunday’s New York Times was something of a bonanza (albeit a sobering one) for anyone interested in environmental news. In a front-page story, Elisabeth Rosenthal reports from Barcelona on the...continued

Good Things Come to Those Who Think.

August 1, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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beachreport, bushadministration, californiadelta, craignoble, henryhenderson, katepoole, kpcc, nyt, ocs, ohiopublicradio, sacramentobee, testingthewaters, ttw, usat

California Public Radio station KPCC ran an interview with Craig Noble on the topic of offshore drilling—Craig is paired in the segment with an industry backed talker from the Heartland institute and a California economist… Henry Henderson discusses the...continued

Just Need Enough to Tide Us Over... Until We Need More...

July 31, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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almeyerhoff, annalexander, ap, bp, colonycolapsedisorder, davidpettit, graywolves, honeybee, jimpresswood, juliabovey, latimes, louisawillcox, michellequibell, OCS, oilexports, politico, recordprofits, reuters, whitingrefinery

Julia Bovey emphasizes that oil drilled in the US won’t necessarily go to into US gas tanks or help consumer pocketbooks in Reuters… In the San Francisco Chronicle Jim Presswood drew attention to the obvious flaws of coastal oil...continued

Dirty Water: Under the Bridge and Onto the Beach

July 30, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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beachreport, henryhenderson, michellemehta, nancystoner, sarahchasis, testingthewaters, ttw

Yesterday, NRDC media teams held press conferences in 5 different cities across the US to release the findings of the 18th annual beach water quality report: Testing the Waters. Less than 36hrs later, almost 240 unique news pieces have...continued

Don't Drink the Water

July 29, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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abc, johnwalke, nancystoner, naturalgasny, pollution, todayshow, ttw, wallstreetjournal

Nancy Stoner talks with The Today Show about NRDC’s 18th annual Testing the Waters report, highlighting the main sources of beach pollution around the United States… The lead article featured on ABC News.com also looks at the Testing the...continued

Gas-y?

July 28, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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abc, amymall, cnnmoney, deronlovaas, interns, naturalgasny, nyt, oilvulnerablityreport, politico

Deron Lovaas talks about solutions to America’s pain at the pump on California’s ABC 23; the interview was part of almost 500 press pieces on NRDC’s oil vulnerability report… Last week, at the behest of Karen Wayland, a large...continued