NRDC in the News 5/13: Drilling passes, spill prevention, Keystone pipeline spill and more....
Posted May 13, 2011 in The Media and the Environment
In the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Frances Beinecke cautioned that oil drilling legislation passed this week by the House of Representatives would make drilling even less safe than it was before the Gulf oil disaster… Lisa Speer spoke with Reuters about efforts by Arctic nations to cooperate on oil spill prevention and conservation planning; the article was carried by numerous outlets, including CNBC.com, the Chicago Tribune, and others… Lisa also was quoted in ClimateWire and completed a 9-station radio tour on Canadian radio stations about this issue yesterday…
In an Associated Press story, Dan Lashof commented on an expert panel’s findings that Congress should rapidly act to curb global warming pollution; several outlets, including the Miami Herald, San Jose Mercury News and Wall Street Journal online, carried the article… Susan Casey-Lefkowitz spoke with the Canadian Press about a recent oil spill from the Keystone pipeline in North Dakota, and the implications as the federal government considers whether to approve its controversial extension, Keystone XL, which would import tar sands oil from Canada…
The Grand Rapids Press quoted Shannon Fisk on a lawsuit recently filed by NRDC and the Sierra Club against the Michigan government for permitting a new coal-fired power plant that would threaten residents’ health… In a Greenwire article carried by the New York Times, David Doniger commented on the EPA’s announcement that it will reconsider some aspects of new air pollution standards for cement plants… Jennifer Sass was also quoted in a Greenwire piece carried by the New York Times, explaining that new technologies are needed to more quickly and effectively assess whether chemicals on the market are toxic for humans or the environment…
