NRDC in the News 8/3: Nontoxic cotton dyes, pipeline oversight, strong fuel-economy standards and more...
Posted August 3, 2012 in The Media and the Environment
In a Bloomberg Businessweek article about a new nontoxic treatment for dyeing cotton, Susan Egan Keane explains how the textile dyeing industry can create hundreds of tons of water pollution… Amy Mall’s blog post and analysis on the lack of fracking disclosure laws in many states is featured in Slate …
As the latest Enbridge spill in Wisconsin raises questions of oversight, Anthony Swift criticizes the pipeline company in a Minneapolis Star Tribune article for not addressing the safety problems with its pipelines… David Doniger told Inter Press Service that the Montreal Protocol isn’t “limited only to phasing out ozone depleters. It includes making sure the replacement compound are safe”… In Clean Technica, Roland Hwang emphasizes that the American auto industry benefits economically from strong fuel economy standards by investing in fuel efficient products that meet the demand of prospective auto buyers…
A Huffington Post piece about the importance of political action on global climate change mentions NRDC’s study of the public health effects caused by extreme weather... In ArkLaTex News, Steve Fleischli warns that extreme drought may be the “new normal” due to changing climate…
