NRDC Responds to State of the Union, This is Our Moment Catches On, Capping Carbon is Critical to Economy and Innovation
Posted January 28, 2010 in The Media and the Environment
In a Reuters article on President Obama’s State of the Union address, Frances Beinecke stressed that investing in clean energy solutions will be essential for job creation and economic recovery in the United States… Frances also explained in Bloomberg the importance of President Obama’s mention of climate and clean energy legislation in his speech; she was also quoted on the State of the Union address in numerous other outlets, including the Wall Street Journal blog and the Chicago Tribune’s The Swamp blog…
The NRDC Action Fund’s new celebrity-studded online video campaign This is Our Moment – which urges the Senate to pass a comprehensive climate bill –was highlighted in the Huffington Post as well as numerous pop culture blogs. … David Doniger explained to Grist that capping carbon and unleashing a wave of clean technology innovation in the U.S. should be the top priority following the Copenhagen negotiations… An editorial in the Reporter, a Vacaville, California newspaper, cited NRDC’s lawsuit against the Maritime Administration over the fleet of ships polluting Suisun Bay near San Francisco… The Los Angeles Times Greenspace blog credited NRDC for helping to establish carbon offset standards for forest resources in California, as part of California’s efforts to curb global warming…
