Media scan 3/22: Yellowstone's decline, clean energy future, drilling permits approved, and more...
Posted March 22, 2011 in The Media and the Environment
Men’s Journal ran an extensive feature article on the collapse of Yellowstone National Park’s whitebark pine ecosystem due to climate change; NRDC’s Matt Skoglund helped with the story pitch, served as the journalist’s principal tour guide and expert for the article, and is quoted throughout the substantial piece…
In the Houston Chronicle, Ashok Gupta discussed how governments can speed the shift to safe, clean energy sources in response to growing concerns about nuclear energy and fossil fuels… David Pettit expressed concern in New Orleans’ Times-Picayune about the Obama administration’s first approval of a deepwater oil and gas exploration plan since the Gulf oil disaster… The New York Times published a letter to the editor by Kit Kennedy, in which she stressed that Americans overwhelmingly support new light bulb efficiency standards that will save consumers billions in lower electricity bills…
Allen Hershkowitz was quoted in an Associated Press article on an unprecedented alliance of six professional sports teams that will work to reduce the environmental impact of professional sports; the article was carried in several outlets including Bloomberg Businessweek, NBCSports.com, Yahoo! Sports, Forbes.com and others…Though not included here, Allen was also quoted about the alliance on USA Today’s Green House blog and the New York Times’ Green blog… In an online article from WNYC Radio, Eric Goldstein discussed the ongoing challenges of waste disposal in New York City ten years after the closure of a major landfill on Staten Island…
