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As the U.S. House nears a vote on the American Clean Energy and Security Act, reportedly on Friday, former Vice President Al Gore is calling it "the most important environmental vote of this generation." President Obama said this week that...continued→
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The Week of May 8th, 2009 Frances Beinecke is the first of eight environmental experts featured on the website of Yale Environment 360 discussing the merits of a cap-and-trade system versus a carbon tax... On NPR's Marketplace David Doniger explains...continued→
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The Week of April 24th, 2009-- Frances Beinecke is The Daily Green's 2009 Heart of Green Lifetime Achievement Award winner; she was honored at an event Thursday night and an article on Frances was featured on The Daily Green and...continued→
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The Week of April 17th, 2009-- In the New York Times David Doniger commends Lisa Jackson and the Obama administration for EPA's proposal to regulate greenhouse gasses, crediting them with going "a long way to restore respect for both science...continued→
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The Week of April 10th, 2009-- A select cross-section of this week's NRDC news The Sunday Style section of the New York Times ran photos of Paul McCartney, Frances Beinecke, Peter Lehner, Daniel Tishman, and several other NRDC trustees at...continued→
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David Doniger gives some background to The Washington Post and The Christian Science Monitor about the Waxman-Markey draft climate bill... Frances Beinecke puts forward NRDC's support of the Waxman-Markey draft climate bill to The LA Times Blog. Noah Horowitz explains...continued→
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Rich Kassel supports EPA's proposal to limit pollution at U.S. ports in an Associated Press article picked up by the Washington Post and numerous other outlets... New York's local Fox affiliate and Vanity Fair.com profile the star-studded New York Forces...continued→
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Jake Schmidt talks with The Associated Press about the need to show a long-term commitment to cutting emissions... In U.S. News & World Report Tom Cochran explains some of the implications of climate change legislation for the Nuclear Industry... In...continued→
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In a New York Times piece evaluating the direction of Obama's energy policy, Wesley Warren stresses the importance of taking a much more balanced approach to America's energy system, and chides the oil industry for continuing to parrot the same...continued→
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Alex Wang argues that "a massive investment in energy efficiency and clean energy technologies in China would... improve energy security for China, [and] save firms money mak[ing] China's economy more competitive," in Bloomberg... In a FRONT PAGE Philadelphia Inquirer piece...continued→
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A USA Today article reporting that SC Johnson will remove phthalates from products and label all ingredients in response to consumer concerns borrows heavily from Frances Beinecke's blog post on the topic, quoting Frances several times... NRDC's list of "filthy...continued→
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Frances Beinecke talks about NRDC's goals of improving cultural diversity in the environmental movement in a New York Times article crediting NRDC for partnerships starting in the 1980s with smaller environmental groups focused on minority or low-income issues...In less than...continued→
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In TIME magazine David Doniger argues that a green stampede may be coming as even states like Illinois consider a move towards adopting tailpipe emissions regulations like California's... Melissa Lin Perrella talks about NRDC's work cleaning up America's West coast...continued→
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Noah Horowitz tells the Chicago Tribune and its readers how to make all of their electric devices as efficient as possible. Barry Nelson explains to the San Diego Tribune how alternatives to dams can help with water conservation in California......continued→
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Frances Beinecke offers extensive comments to Environment News Service on President Obama's first address to a joint session of Congress and what this means for legislation limiting carbon pollution, clean energy, and breaking our dependence on oil. On the New...continued→
