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August 29, 2008
Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
Annie Notthoff and Amanda Eaken spoke with The New York Times for an article outlining California’s newest smart growth plan… In the LA Times, David Beckman emphasizes that maintaining old storm water runoff standards for the time being until a more permanent standard is set will help protect the people of California from undue water pollution while alternatives are considered…Santiago Times reports on Chris Paine’s lecture for university students in Chile about the rich renewable power resources available in Chile and the economic and ecological downsides to nuclear power… Worldchanging.com describes the tragic impact of global warming on the white bark pine forests in Wyoming; in the piece, David Hawkins emphasizes the importance of proactively addressing global warming immediately while Louisa Willcox outlines the grim and broad results of the continued degradation of this ecosystem.
Photographs by Josh Mogerman from the NRDC sponsored backpacking tour to see the white bark pine can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nrdc_media.
Tune in Alert: Allen Hershkowitz will be making appearances on both Planet Green’s “Focus Earth” on Saturday (around 6pm ET) and on ABC World News Weekend on Sunday night. On both programs Allen will speak about NRDC’s collaboration with the US Tennis Association to green the US Open.
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