Media Scan 2/16: John Adams receives Medal of Freedom; risks of tar sands pipeline; New York fights fracking; more...
Posted February 16, 2011 in The Media and the Environment
John Adams received the Presidential Medal of Freedom yesterday, as seen on C-span. (John appears at the 2:34 and 23:00 minute marks.)
In other news, many outlets—including the Vancouver Sun, Canada.com, Montreal Gazette, Ottawa Citizen and others—carried a National Post article on the report released today by NRDC warning that the risk of spills along American oil pipelines is rising due to a recent increase in imports of corrosive, raw Canadian tar sands oil; the report was also featured on Michigan Radio (the region’s local NPR affiliate) and more coverage is expected tomorrow…
In an Associated Press piece picked up by several Midwest outlets, Thom Cmar commented on how Obama’s proposed budget cuts may affect invasive species management in the Great Lakes… Barry Nelson emphasized the need for a comprehensive plan to manage the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in the San Francisco Chronicle… NRDC’s efforts to combat the dangerous practice of hydraulic fracturing were highlighted in a Greenwire article carried by the New York Times… In a New York Times Green blog post, Eric Goldstein commended an agreement released today by New York State that will permit New York City to continue purchasing land to protect its watershed for the next fifteen years… In Nature’s The Great Beyond blog, Jake Schmidt discussed the consequences that Republican attacks on Obama’s proposed budget may have on international climate finance…
