Conversations about Copenhagen and Cutting Carbon Emissions, China, Carp and Community Connectivity
Posted December 15, 2009 in The Media and the Environment
Frances Beinecke highlighted that climate change is also a global humanitarian problem and that we need to act swiftly in a TIME article about climate change’s effects on the Himalayas; recently Frances was also featured in a Sohu.com article about climate change and an Environmental Leader piece on a new program for measuring carbon pollution reductions…
In a front page New York Times article Barbara Finamore commented on China’s negotiating strategy in the context of the impasse reached Monday between the U.S. and China… In an NBC Nightly News segment, Jake Schmidt spoke about the expectations of developing countries at the Copenhagen negotiations… Dale Bryk participated in an extensive interview on WNYC Radio's Brian Lehrer Show about the humanitarian consequences of climate change, new energy technologies, and other facets of climate change negotiations…
USA Today carried an OpEd by Henry Henderson encouraging the separation of the Mississippi River basin and Great Lakes to stave off invasive carp; Henry also spoke about the invasive species problem in the Detroit Free Press and Associated Press… Kaid Benfield discussed the perceived pros and cons of cul-de-sac bans in a New York Times Magazine piece about Virginia’s new rules regulating cul-de-sac “connectivity”… An op-ed by Senator Robert Menéndez, placed by NRDC in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut editions of El Diario, called on Latinos to support strong climate and energy legislation…
