Factory farm water quality news; Lessons from the Gulf; Parks at risk from oil spill; Redford calls for lands protections
Posted May 26, 2010 in The Media and the Environment
In an Associated Press piece, Jon Devine discussed the increased data the EPA will collect about factory farms’ impact on water quality as a result of a settlement between the EPA and three environmental groups including NRDC… Eric Goldstein stressed that lessons from the Gulf oil disaster should be kept in mind when considering future industrial drilling in Reuters… In the Financial Times, Amy Mall weighed in on the increased onshore drilling regulations that will likely come about as focus shifts from offshore to onshore drilling… In a USA Today Greenhouse blog about NRDC’s new report that examines 15 national and state parks most at risk from the Gulf oil spill, Theo Spencer commented on the severity of the environmental disaster… Robert Redford asked readers to join him in urging Secretary Salazar to preserve wilderness quality lands in a Denver Post Op-Ed … In the Contra Costa Times, Doug Obegi commented on a federal judge’s decision to ease water restrictions in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and the negative implications it will have on salmon populations…
