NRDC in the News 7/19: Whitebark pine, smog, cleaner energy and more....
Posted July 19, 2011 in The Media and the Environment
Louisa Willcox spoke with the Associated Press about the federal government’s decision to forego endangered species protections for the ailing whitebark pine due to a lack of funding; Louisa was also quoted in the Salt Lake Tribune on the issue... In the Washington Post, Andrew Wetzler stressed that, with species like the whitebark pine in crisis, this is not the time for Congress to consider cutting off all funds for the Endangered Species Act; the New York Times’ Green blog also quoted Andrew… In a Casper Star-Tribune article carried by the Billings Gazette, Sylvia Fallon explained that the decline of the whitebark pine is a dramatic sign of how quickly our climate is changing…
The Associated Press highlighted a lawsuit filed by NRDC and other environmental and health groups to protect Los Angeles residents from smog pollution; the article was carried by the San Jose Mercury News, San Diego Union Tribune, and CBS Los Angeles online, among other outlets… Adrian Martinez told the Los Angeles Times that the unhealthy air in L.A. continues to make residents sick and decreases their quality of life…
In a front-page story in the Detroit Free Press, Josh Mogerman discussed options for preventing the invasive Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes… CNN.com ran an Op-Ed, cross-posted on the Council on Foreign Relations’ US Energy Challenge site, by Dale Bryk, in which she outlined the path to a cleaner, safer energy future in the United States…
