Emissions Controls for Ships and Public Health Benefits, Lamps Violating Energy Standards, Atrazine Control Needed, Invest in Clean Energy and Revive the San Joaquin River

In a Associated Press article Rich Kassel commented on the establishment of an emission control area for ships within 200 nautical miles of the US and Canada saying it will “bring better health to tens of millions of Americans”… Kassel was also quoted in a front section Washington Post  print article covering the same topic, saying “communities up and down the coasts will feel the air-quality improvements” and in a Greenwire piece picked up by the New York Times…

In another Greenwire article picked up by the New York Times Noah Long spoke about lamps that fail to meet federal energy use standards…  A Letter to the Editor penned by Jen Sass on corporate lobbying and the need for regulation of the chemical atrazine ran in The Hill… Franz Matzner called for a change in the type of energy investments that America makes on SustainableBusiness.com… In California’s Modesto Bee, Monty Schmitt spoke about the importance of reviving the San Joaquin River…