NRDC in the News 8/6: Enbridge spill, carbon reduction plans, fuel efficiency targets and more...
Posted August 6, 2012 in The Media and the Environment
Pierre Delforge spoke to Scientific American about how we can reduce the energy consumption necessary to keep the Internet humming by relying on natural ways to keep server rooms cool, like cold air and water… In the Toronto Star, Anthony Swift raised concerns about the latest Enbridge spill in Wisconsin, saying “many of the mistakes Enbridge made that both caused and increased the severity of the Kalamazoo spill (in Michigan in 2010) were mistakes that Enbridge had made in previous spills and failed to learn from”…
Reuters highlighted NRDC’s support of offset credits in emissions trading systems like California’s... Alex Jackson expressed support for the California Air Resources Board’s plan to study the effect of cap-and-trade program on businesses in the state with Law360… Roland Hwang spoke to Think Progress about fuel efficiency standards, saying higher efficiency targets have added new U.S. jobs…
Scott Slesinger took to the radiowaves on the nationally syndicated The Burt Cohen Show to discuss how recent bills proposed by congressional Republicans were undermining health and environmental protections… Christopher Paine spoke to Massachusetts’s Wicked Local about NRDC’s concerns over nuclear power, ahead of a Nuclear Regulatory Commission meeting to discuss actions and lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi accident, which Chris will be attending…
