Obama's oil spill address; advocating for clean energy; the problem with pesticides.
Posted June 18, 2010 in The Media and the Environment
Newsweek’s The Gaggle blog quoted and linked to Peter Lehner’s Switchboard post on the President’s oval office address… In a piece on armchair activism, Yahoo! Green directed readers to NRDC’s “take action” page to write letters to their Senators advocating for comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation…
Jennifer Sass explained how toxic pesticides travel far beyond the places they are used, in a Georgia Public Broadcasting interview … Jen also spoke to Kansas Public Radio about the many dangers of the pesticide atrazine, including its contamination of drinking water… An Ecohome Magazine article discussed the new LEED for neighborhood development (ND) standard; LEED ND was developed in part by NRDC…An op-ed carried by AOL News about Wal-Mart’s laudable environmental practices mentioned NRDC’s influence on this retail supergiant…
Tune in Alert: Al Huang will speak about the oil spill and the related health concerns to PBS’ Need to Know at 8:30pm ET Friday. Check local listings for channel information.
