NRDC in the News 5/2: Growing Green, bag bans, Smarter Cities and more....
Posted May 2, 2011 in The Media and the Environment
Frances Beinecke was interviewed by Edible Manhattan, a local food magazine, about the importance of eating locally, the problem and solution to food waste, and what citizens can do to strengthen New York’s local food system… Jonathan Kaplan spoke with CBS’s Smart Planet about NRDC’s Growing Green Awards, emphasizing the need for a sustainable food system that is healthier for people and the environment; Jonathan was also quoted in TreeHugger about the annual awards. The Growing Green Awards were also highlighted in dozens of outlets, including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Sacramento Bee, Women’s Health online, and blogs by the San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times…
Allen Hershkowitz spoke on NPR’s Marketplace about the city of Evanston, Illinois’ plan to ban plastic and paper grocery bags; Allen suggested bag fees as a better way to bring attention to people the true cost of their shopping habits… Barbara Finamore’s letter to the editor in the Washington Post about the significant accomplishments of China's green energy policies was quoted in Time’s Eccocentric blog… David Doniger was quoted in Los Angeles Times’ Greenspace blog about the appeals court decision to upheld California's air pollution standards, which is stricter than federal law…
In an interview with Clear Channel’s Green is Good radio show Wendy Gordon spoke about NRDC’s Smarter Cities study on urban transportation and the role smart city transit policies can play in conservation…
