Media Scan 2/4: tar sands; delay on Alaska drilling; clean energy jobs, clean air in LA; more...
Posted February 4, 2011 in The Media and the Environment
In an Associated Press article, Liz Baratt-Brown questioned the need for a tar sands oil pipeline from Alberta, Canada, citing the option of other, cleaner fuels; the article was picked up by numerous outlets nationally and internationally, including NPR. Liz was also quoted by CNBC and MSN on the issue…Susan Casey-Lefkowitz was interviewed and appeared in the documentary on tar sands that was broadcast on the Canadian Broadcast Company across Canada. The documentary, which aired on David Suzuki’s “The Nature of Things,” can be viewed online. The video also included appearances by Roland Hwang and Gina Solomon... In a Bloomberg article, Chuck Clusen praised a decision to delay drilling off the Alaskan coast, saying that it will give the government time for a full environmental impact statement…
In a Michigan Messenger article, Pete Altman emphasized that new EPA regulations will generate millions of jobs “creating and installing measures to reduce pollution”… Regan Nelson explained how the Gulf oil spill changed the way people think about that area in a Greenwire article carried by the New York Times… Nathanael Greene spoke about a potential $1 billion government guarantee for factories that would turn wood chips into an alternate fuel source in a New York Times Green blog… In a Los Angeles Times Greenspace blog, Adrian Martinez criticized a vote by LA air officials, saying, “instead of manufacturing pollution credits to dole out to polluters, the district should be working on comprehensive solutions to its dirty air"…
