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David Doniger talks about the environmental implications of President Obama's energy announcements on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams and in the New York Times... Roland Hwang praises Obama's plans to set stricter emissions standards for vehicles in the Associated...continued→
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NRDC has filed a petition to list whitebark pine—a common high-elevation tree in the Western US and Canada—as an endangered species due to consistently deteriorating habitat conditions created by global warming. In a McClatchy Tribune article already picked up by...continued→
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Frances Beinecke contemplates what it will mean to have an advocate for the environment in the White House in her Huffington Post blog, and emphasizes that green energy and green tech will be very strong tools that will help rebuild...continued→
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Following a scientific advisory panel announcement yesterday that called FDA’s margins of safety for the chemical BPA “inadequate” NRDC has been at the forefront of BPA discussion in the news. Jen Sass appeared on NBC Nightly News last night to...continued→
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In the Wall Street Journal both Julia Bovey and Linda Greer discuss the possibilities and benefits that may come from Wal-Mart’s move to set energy-efficiency requirements for all of the company’s Chinese suppliers; the article also mentions NRDC’s work this...continued→
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Assignment Earth, a TV show carried by both PBS and NBC, aired the first of a series of video segments from the Whitebark Pine media tour arranged by Louisa Willcox and Josh Mogerman…An editorial in the LA Times strongly urges...continued→
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In an NPR Morning Edition news piece Wesley Warren, NRDC's director of Programs, talks about oil industry’s exploitation of the Bailout Bill as an opportunity to get funds for dirty fuels written into legislation… In the Gary Post Tribune, Ann...continued→
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NPR reports on the clean air program NRDC has successfully sued the Ports of LA and Long Beach to institute, which will essentially convert America’s dirtiest ports into the cleanest; Dave Pettit talks about the precedent setting nature of the...continued→
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As more employers are dealing with the gas crunch by coming up with alternatives for employees, Rich Kassel talks about what savings from not driving can mean to the average home on NBC Nightly News… In the San Francisco Chronicle...continued→
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Allen Hershkowitz appeared on NBC Nightly News to talk about the benefits of recycling… On Chicago Public Radio Ann Alexander discusses NRDC’s opposition to BP’s sub-par air quality permit… Julia Bovey encourages the federal government to move forward with...continued→
