Break the oil addiction; Need comprehensive energy and climate legislation; Health and Gulf spill

NRDC’s new PSA featuring actor Ryan Reynolds calling for clean energy and climate legislation was highlighted by People.com; the PSA also appeared on Politico’s Click blog, Ecorazzi, OK Magazine online, Monsters and Critics and many other sites… E&E News reported on internet and radio ads NRDC is running, targeting six senators for failing to pass a comprehensive climate and energy bill before the August recess; the ads also received coverage in the Boston Globe and St. Louis Post-Dispatch… The Washington Independent wrote about an NRDC newspaper ad running in the Martha’s Vineyard Gazette, urging President Obama to protect the EPA’s ability to regulate global warming pollution; Politico’s Playbook, one of the most read daily emails in Washington, DC, also featured the Martha’s Vineyard ad…

Lisa Suatoni’s testimony before Congress about the ongoing impacts of the Gulf oil disaster on human health and the environment was quoted in a McClatchy Newspapers article picked up by the Miami Herald; Lisa was also quoted in the Los Angeles Times’ Greenspace blog, MarketWatch and Politics Daily… Gina Solomon appeared on WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show, New York’s NPR affiliate, to discuss safety concerns surrounding Gulf seafood; Miriam Rotkin-Ellman did a similar interview with Wisconsin Public Radio this week…

John Walke spoke with Reuters about the EPA’s efforts to more strictly regulate the amount of harmful particles in the air… In the New York Times, Larry Levine stressed the importance of a thorough cleanup of toxic chemicals in the Hudson River… NRDC’s lawsuit against the FDA for its failure to regulate toxic chemicals found in antibacterial soaps was covered by About.com; Jennifer Sass, NRDC’s main expert on the issue, has been quoted in numerous outlets, including Infection Control Today and Consumer Affairs…