Plants and Animals: Can Live With Them, Can't Live Without Them
Posted August 28, 2008 in The Media and the Environment
In the Associated Press Jake Schmidt emphasizes that if an international global warming treaty is to be reached on time, it is of the utmost importance that the next presidential administration organize positioning on global warming quickly after arriving in office to make an impact… Josh Mogerman speaks at length in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review about NRDC’s lawsuit to obtain information on colony collapse disorder from the EPA… Annie Notthoff worked with the LA Times to shape an editorial by the paper voicing support for groundbreaking smart growth legislation that would change the way California is developed… Sarah Chasis provided facts and information to the Boston Globe for their recent editorial condemning oil drilling on Georges Bank, highlighting the threat drilling could have to fisherman and fish populations, and encouraging the US to take the lead by continuing to respect the 1982 ban on offshore drilling…
Worldchanging.com is the first to report on an NRDC organized backpacking trip near Yellowstone National park aimed at introducing journalists to the crisis facing the ecosystem there due to the effect of global warming on white bark pine trees; much more coverage is expected in coming weeks… Melissa Waage chides the Bush administration for trying to gut oversight requirements in the Endangered Species Act in a Live Science piece… The Valley Advocate, a local Vermont paper, explores the history of nuclear power in the US and uses green jobs statistics from NRDC to support the mounting arguments for closing the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.
