Jamaica Bay Restoration, Cleaning Up Ports, Protect Whitebark Pine Trees, Wal-Mart Cuts Tons of C02, and Ban BPA
Posted February 26, 2010
On New York City's public radio station WNYC, Peter Lehner spoke about the significance of an agreement-in-principle between New York City, New York State and NRDC to restore Jamaica Bay… In the New York Times, David Pettit explained the motivation behind NRDC’s involvement in the cleanup of the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports… Andrew Wetzler was quoted throughout an Associated Press piece reporting on the lawsuit filed this week by NRDC to seek federal protection for high-elevation white bark pine trees threatened by beetle and fungus infestations due to climate change; the piece was picked up by more than 40 outlets online including the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Sacramento Bee, Denver Post, and numerous other western papers… Dan Lashof emphasized the significance of Wal-Mart 's newly announced push to cut 20 metric tons of carbon in an Associated Press article carried by LA Times… Gina Solomon argued that the government already has enough information to recognize that BPA has harmful and concerning health effects in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel… Mother Nature Network shared news of NRDC's newly announced environmental art prize in a column by well known society columnist Siel Ju (Green LA Girl).
