Media Scan 2/23: Keystone pipeline; budget bill slashes health protections; cleaner transportation options; more...
Posted February 23, 2011 in The Media and the Environment
Susan Casey-Lefkowitz was interviewed live on CBC Radio’s The Current about NRDC’s recently released report, “Tar Sands Pipeline Safety Risks,” and the dangers inherent in the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline extension… A United Press International article on the budget bill passed in the House that would undermine crucial environmental protections cites an NRDC analysis that highlights the public health dangers this bill would cause… In a Peoria Star Journal article, Henry Henderson stressed the serious perils of this recent budget bill, calling it, “a full frontal assault on protections of our air and water that we've had in this country for 40 years - and not just on the EPA"…
Sarah Janssen spoke to E&E Daily [subscription req'd] about potential reasons why Americans' exposure to the suspected carcinogen BPA is twice as high as that of our Canadian neighbors… In the San Francisco Chronicle, Darby Hoover explained the best ways to minimize the environmental impact of shaving… Adrian Martinez penned an Op-Ed for the LA Daily News about the need for Los Angeles county to adopt a reformed transportation bill and invest in cleaner transportation options “to build a 21st century system that makes America safer, cleaner, more secure, and more prosperous”…
