NRDC in the News 8/1: Fuel efficiency standards, Jamaica Bay, debt bill and more...
Posted August 1, 2011 in The Media and the Environment
Roland Hwang praised Obama’s plan to double fuel-efficiency standards for cars and light-duty trucks by 2025 in USA Today… Roland also spoke on NPR’s KPCC about Obama’s announcement to double overall fuel economy to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025; Roland was quoted in various news outlets about the deal such as San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, and Christian Science Monitor… A Reuters piece quoted Kate Sinding about the lack of natural gas inspectors to monitor safety for gas production in New York state; Kate suggested that the state is looking into ways to make industry responsible for the costs of funding these inspectors…
Brad Sewell and Larry Levine commented on the recent agreement with New York City and state to cut half the amount of nitrogen discharged into Jamaica Bay from four city sewage treatment plants in the New York Times… Dale Bryk spoke with the Associated Press about New Jersey’s plan to pull out of a 10-state pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions… Scott Slesinger commented in the San Francisco Chronicle about the damaging effect the debt bill may have on California to continue protecting the environment…
In a ClimateWire article picked up by the New York Times, Jin Ruidong discussed the current high energy consumption of buildings in China and the need for China to improve energy efficiency in buildings… Bobby McEnaney commented in a GreenWire piece about an Endangered Species Act rider that might put the bighorn sheep population in danger; the story was picked up by the New York Times...
