In a USA Today article on high levels of manganese found near schools in Ohio and West Virginia, Gina Solomon explained the dangers of elementary students being exposed to the harmful chemical... A New York Times editorial stressed that New York state needs to adopt regulations to protect the New York City watershed from natural gas drilling; Kate Sinding consulted on the piece. Dylan Sullivan was quoted in the Akron Beacon Journal about efforts by the Ohio utility FirstEnergy to meet new conservation requirements by distributing compact fluorescent light bulbs to consumers...

In LA Weekly Damon Nagami spoke about the need for the California rail authority board to consider environmental and social impacts in choosing a route for the state's high-speed rail... Kate Sinding called for a ban on natural gas drilling in the New York City watershed to prevent drinking water contamination in ProPublica... In a Capitol Weekly article on the water policy package being negotiated in California, Ann Notthoff was quoted explaining that the Democrats' proposed bill does not authorize the construction of a canal that would divert water out of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River delta...