Frances Beinecke discusses safety measures in the Gulf; EPA stops mountaintop removal project; Pregnant women carrying toxic chemicals; Small cars' resurgence; Michigan for clean energy; NRDC clean air victory in L.A.; Biomass and carbon pollution
Posted January 14, 2011 in The Media and the Environment
Frances Beinecke spoke to the Mississippi Press, in her role as a member of the President’s oil spill commission, about next steps and the need to make sure the safety measures proposed by the commission are implemented… In a Wall Street Journal article, Jon Devine commented on the EPA’s recent withdrawal of a permit for one of the largest ever proposed mountaintop removal coal mining projects in Appalachia… Jon was also quoted by the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, BusinessGreen.com, FastCompany.com, London’s The Guardian and numerous other outlets… Sarah Janssen discussed a recent UCSF study that found a plethora of toxic chemicals present in pregnant women’s bodies in USA Today; Sarah was also quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle and interviewed by KGO-TV, ABC’s San Francisco affiliate….
In a USA Today article, Roland Hwang commented on the resurgence of small cars at a Detroit auto show; Roland was also quoted by the Detroit News… Pete Altman was interviewed on Detroit Public Radio (Jan. 11 show) about how Michigan representative Fred Upton’s flip-flop on energy and climate issues does not fit with the state’s embrace of energy efficiency and renewables… A Los Angeles Times article quoted Adrian Martinez on a recent NRDC litigation victory that forced the city of L.A. to install air filters in schools to protect children from dangerous air pollution… In a Los Angeles Times, Greenspace blog, Franz Matzner spoke about the EPA’s deferral of greenhouse gas emissions requirements for biomass…
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george parker — Jan 15 2011 01:08 PM
Jan 15 2011
As a resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast ,retired commercial fisherman and Homeless Advocate, I wish to call your attention to the surging numbers of homeless men ,women and children that are the direct causulties of the Gulf Oil spill. Many of the area homeless are and being made so because of the policy that only retro active effects are covered by the punitive awards of this event, meaning those that can proove that they suffered hardships by providing evidence of loss months and years before the actual spill occured. When in actuality the post effect is neither a concern nor an issue. The loss of revenue that extends from the loss of tourism, bulk sea food orders, loss of construction work, slack real estate markets that the stigma of this catastrophy has brought our residents. The equation that exists that each job or oppertunity lost represents a ripple effect thruout this area's economies. By pre dating rather than post dating claims is a method that only serves the perpetrators of this debacle. The issue is the here and now. Effect is a present time issue. and many that are suffering today is directly linked to the above mentioned stigma that oilspills are in fact are. We suffer now, not months and years prior to the event. Many new homeless have been put out because of this, older homeless now find double the effort to resurect themselves. Area agencies report a soaring population that has been placed in a condition of need directly linked to the Gulf oilspill.
And yes many are indeed ill. Illness that remains a mystery yet the symptoms are the same in almost every case. While area Hospitols and Clinics, and their employee's, many of whom have recieved fiancial considerations are made to discribe this illness as nothing more than every day colds or flu. Yet persons whom are familiar with the subject state that they operate under a verbal directive that states that these symptoms will be logged in as common everyday maladies . In cold hard terms the fix is in. Much money has been spent or given to the individuals that are witness to this upswing in illness that to anyone of even minimal intellect can determine did not exist prior to the Gulf oilspill. I personally know some of these individuals. And yet the fear that is generated as a result aquiring these bribes holds are hard to break, no matter the effect that is evident here on the Gulf Coast. Cash talks.Industry comes first is the rule of this day. Even tho the evidence points to the illness that we suffer is being shipped around the country and the world in the form of tailor made avoidance of science and practical thought , that if you dont know the long term effects of somthing than don't announce that is all clear and safe to consume. Which I can assure you is exactly what has gone on here. I feel for my fellow fishermen and thier families I personally know the rigors of that life I do not wish to harm them. But we are dealing with the uncertain. Too fast to rush to save the industry is no excuse for illness that will latter spring to life in innocent victims latter. Than you, Sinc, George Parker
Greg — Jan 18 2011 11:58 AM
Here's Frances Beinecke and Donald Boesch on camera talking about the Oil Spill Commission report. http://www.energynow.com/video/2011/01/14/mix-oil-spill-commissioners-react