Following on the heals of his OnEarth cover story, George Black offers a moving overview of the dangers posed by global warming to the impoverished nation of Bangladesh in an interview with nationally syndicated NPR talk show Here and Now… On Chicago Public Radio, Ann Alexander points out that BP has been dishonest with their representation of the pollution increases expected from the expansion of Whiting refinery…

Buyer beware, in the Associated Press, health expert Linda Greer warns paddlefish caviar fans that it is never safe to consume known carcinogens like the PCBs found in the paddlefish roe…In a front page San Francisco Chronicle article, Barry Nelson draws attention to unfair federal policies that discourage farmers (the main consumers of SoCal water) from taking on conservation measures… NRDC attorney Albert Huang talks about the sewage-odor problems disrupting the South Bronx Hunts Point community in the New York Daily News…In the Canadian Press, NRDC spokesperson Josh Mogerman discusses the carbon dioxide “double whammy” inherent in tar sands development.