On NPR's Kojo Nnamdi show Lane Burt explained why federal agencies are reviewing the Energy Star program's ratings system...In the Los Angeles Times Roland Hwang discussed the environmental benefits and costs of the U.S. tariff on Brazilian sugar-based ethanol imports... Sharon Buccino commented on the Bureau of Land Management decision to defer drilling for oil and natural gas in Southwest Wyoming wilderness on Wyoming Public Radio...

The popular Spanish language publication La Opinión published an Op-Ed by Adrianna Quintero in which she discussed NRDC's efforts to use information on climate change and clean energy to mobilize the Latino community on environmental issues... Noah Horowitz spoke with the San Jose Mercury News about the California Energy Commission delaying the vote on new TV energy efficiency standards... On San Francisco's ABC-7 Justin Horner emphasized that new California "Pay-As-You-Drive" insurance regulations should be mandatory in order to guarantee that insurance companies reward customers for driving less...

In yesterday's Senate Environment and Public Works Committee's markup session for the climate change bill, Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) cited NRDC's Acid Test film in his statement on the importance of stopping ocean acidification. View here: http://files.me.com/cjohnsonla/qbjqfc.mov