Media Scan 4/11: Gulf disaster's legacy; Tar Sands oil; wolf protections; more...
Posted April 11, 2011 in The Media and the Environment
Peter Lehner was quoted in a Mother Nature Network blog post about the one year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and the premiere of NRDC & StoryCorps’ interview series “Stories from the Gulf” on Discovery’s Planet Green… In a Times-Picayune article, David Pettit discussed Congress’ long-delayed legislative efforts to address the gulf oil spill one year after the disaster…
Susan Casey-Lefkowitz explained that the development of a tar sands mine in Utah—the first of its kind in the U.S.— would pose significant environmental and public health risks in an Associated Press story that was picked up by more than 100 major and local news outlets including Washington Post, BusinessWeek, CNBC.com, and Forbes… In a another Associated Press article, Andrew Wetzler expressed concern over a federal judge’s decision to block a proposed settlement agreement on protections for wolves; the article was carried by various outlets, including the Washington Post, National Public Radio, USA Today, Forbes, and many others…
In a USA Today article Sarah Janssen spoke about concerns regarding the early onset of puberty in girls, and the possible role played by hormone disrupting chemicals in personal care products… In a Greenwire piece picked up by the New York Times, Jennifer Sass defended EPA’s recent study of formaldehyde toxicity… Allen Hershkowitz weighed in on the debate over cloth and disposable diapers in an Associated Press article that was carried by several outlets including the San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, Huffington Post, and Forbes...
