Big Win for Honeybees, President Obama's Environmental Record, Fighting Mountaintop Removal Mining, and Progress at Copenhagen and Protecting New York City's Watershed
Posted December 30, 2009 in The Media and the Environment
Bloomberg reported that a U.S. District Court has ordered EPA to rescind approval for spirotetramat, an insecticide harmful to bees; the ruling is a major legal victory NRDC… Reuters picked up NRDC’s review of President Obama’s environmental record, including highlights of the past year and the President’s biggest challenges for 2010… Josh Mogerman explained the reasoning behind NRDC’s new state level focus with regard to the permitting of BP’s Indiana oil refinery in the Associated Press… Wend Magazine featured an article on Rob Perks and his mountain top removal mining advocacy work in the “platform” section of the December issue… TreeHugger drew from a blog post by David Doniger in an article on the progress made at the climate negotiations in Copenhagen… In a Brooklyn Eagle article NRDC expressed concern over the use of a non-binding pledge to keep oil and gas companies out of New York City’s watershed.
