NRDC in the News: Air pollution, Suing BOEMRE, "fracking" and more.....
Posted June 9, 2011 in The Media and the Environment
In USA Today, John Walke explained that there are large gaps in air quality monitoring that leave us vulnerable to hazardous air pollution in our communities… In Bloomberg Businessweek, David Pettit discussed a lawsuit filed today by NRDC and Earthjustice that aims to halt a dangerous oil exploration plan off the Gulf of Mexico; the lawsuit was also highlighted in the New Orleans Times-Picayune and an Associated Press article that appeared in dozens of outlets, including the Miami Herald, San Jose Mercury News and Kansas City Star…
Kate Sinding’s blog was quoted in a Grist article about actor Mark Ruffalo’s role in a campaign to stop hydraulic fracturing; Mark Ruffalo and NRDC’s celebrity-packed public service announcement against fracking were also mentioned in the New York Daily News and Mother Nature Network, among numerous other outlets… NRDC’s video interview with explorer Philippe Cousteau, grandson of Jacques Cousteau, was featured in a Rodale.com article about World Oceans Day; the video was also picked up by Mother Nature Network and Earth911…
Melissa Waage spoke with The Tennessean about the dangers of mountaintop removal coal mining in Tennessee… Luis Martinez commented in Greenwire on the money saved and jobs created by RGGI, the Northeast’s clean energy investment program… Adrianna Quintero was quoted in a Greenwire article about a letter sent by national Latino groups urging President Obama and the EPA to strengthen our smog standards; together with sister group Voces Verdes, NRDC orchestrated the letter, which was also mentioned in the Los Angeles Times Greenspace blog and Politico Pro… In the Canadian Press, Louisa Willcox discussed the future of the threatened grizzly bear in Canada…
