NRDC in the News 5/19: Drilling vote fails, Keystone pipeline, toxics in products, and more
Posted May 19, 2011 in The Media and the Environment
CNN.com included a quote from Frances Beinecke about the U.S. Senate’s rejection of a bill that aimed to dangerously expand oil drilling and weaken environmental and safety protections… Susan Casey-Lefkowitz criticized the U.S. State Department for failing to do an adequate environmental impact study on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would import tar sands oil from Canada in the Financial Times… In a ClimateWire article carried by the New York Times, Samir Succar discussed scenarios currently being considered for a long-range energy transmission plan for the East Coast…
Sarah Janssen spoke with TIME.com’s Healthland blog about the challenges parents face in identifying which consumer products contain toxic chemicals… In the Los Angeles Times online, Joel Reynolds commended producer Dayna Bochco for her appointment to the California Coastal Commission, which oversees efforts to protect California’s coastline… Larry Levine discussed New York City’s plan to reduce stormwater runoff in the Gotham Gazette…
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Roland Zimany — May 22 2011 09:57 PM
I am an NRDC member and I received an e-mail from a group that makes a strong case for permitting drilling on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Could you send me the e-mail address of someone on your staff who would be willing to send me some comments on the pro-drilling e-mail which I would forward?