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November 5, 2009
Posted by Rich Kassel in The Media and the Environment
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- EPA, eparegion2, judithenck, NYPIRG
Today, EPA named Judith Enck as Regional Administrator for Region 2, which covers New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Like many of us at NRDC, I've known Judith for almost twenty years. Judith is the rare...continued→
November 5, 2009
Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
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- BLM, bureaoflandmanagement, cleanenergy, climatechange, energyefficiencystandards, energystar, ethanol, naturalgas, payasyoudrive
On NPR's Kojo Nnamdi show Lane Burt explained why federal agencies are reviewing the Energy Star program's ratings system...In the Los Angeles Times Roland Hwang discussed the environmental benefits and costs of the U.S. tariff on Brazilian sugar-based ethanol imports......continued→
November 3, 2009
Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
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- carboncapture, chesapeakebay, climatebill, energyefficiency, hydraulicfracturing, washingmachines
The New York Times consulted with Kate Sinding in advance of a Times editorial drawing attention to problematic loopholes in hydraulic fracturing regulations... In a Greenwire article picked up by New York Times online, Kristen Grenfell spoke about the hope...continued→
November 2, 2009
Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
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- capandtrade, cleanenergy, energyefficiency, lightbulbs, naturalgasny, renewables, shippollution, windturbines, wolves
In Crain's New York Business Kate Sinding detailed some of the many environmental concerns related to drilling for natural gas near New York City's watershed... Noah Horowitz argued that light bulb efficiency labeling could be more detailed in a New...continued→
October 30, 2009
Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
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- algae, atrazine, biofuels, carboncaptureandstorage, climatechange, coal, growinggreenawards, MLB, naturalgasny
In an article about the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on coal and climate change, the Charleston Gazette quoted David Hawkins on the need for tough near-term emissions reductions that will encourage carbon capture and storage... Eric Goldstein...continued→
October 29, 2009
Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
, The Media and the Environment
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- ads, biogems, hunting, media, obama, polarbears, salazar, wolf, wolves
As I’ve noted, the last couple of weeks have been good ones for the polar bear, with the Obama Administration proposing both the designation of over 200,000 square miles of critical habitat the bear and increased international restrictions on polar...continued→
October 29, 2009
Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
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- CFL, drinkingwater, manganese, naturalgas, sanjoaquinriverrestoration
In a USA Today article on high levels of manganese found near schools in Ohio and West Virginia, Gina Solomon explained the dangers of elementary students being exposed to the harmful chemical... A New York Times editorial stressed that New...continued→
October 27, 2009
Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
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- chemicals, china, drinkingwater, gasdrilling, globalwarming, renewableenergy
In a Bloomberg News article Jake Schmidt posited that the lack of U.S. limits on global warming pollution may be part of the reason why China does not have specific goals either... In a Greenwire article carried by New York...continued→
October 26, 2009
Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
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- airpollution, greatlakes, paper, plugins, polarbears, powerplants, socal, water
This weekend, Andrew Wetzler spoke with Good Morning America about new government polar bear habitat protections.... In the Los Angeles Times (as well as the New York Times and United Press International) John Walke explained how new power plant rules...continued→
October 23, 2009
Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
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- AirPollution, Biofuel, GreenJobs, OilDrilling, PolarBears, Recycling, SoCal
Andrew Wetzler explained to the Los Angeles Times what proposed critical habitat designation for polar bears could mean for oil and gas drilling plans; Andrew was also quoted about the proposed habitat designations in many other outlets, including the Associated...continued→