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USA TODAY profiled the NRDC produced documentary "Acid Test" quoting Sigourney Weaver and several other individuals in the film; the documentary will air tonight on Planet Green at 10.30pm ET/PT, and repeating throughout the month... CNN.com summarized NRDC's third annual...continued→
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This week, NRDC released its 19th annual "Testing the Waters" report on beach water quality. The report earned widespread media coverage including coverage in USA TODAY, an extended front page cover story and interactive map on MSNBC.com, and an interview...continued→
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In an inspiring Op-Ed run by The Hill, Frances Beinecke encouraged readers to "rally the American spirit" just as they did when we landed on the moon 40 years ago and come together in support of the American Clean Energy...continued→
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The Week of May 8th, 2009 Frances Beinecke is the first of eight environmental experts featured on the website of Yale Environment 360 discussing the merits of a cap-and-trade system versus a carbon tax... On NPR's Marketplace David Doniger explains...continued→
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A USA Today article reporting that SC Johnson will remove phthalates from products and label all ingredients in response to consumer concerns borrows heavily from Frances Beinecke's blog post on the topic, quoting Frances several times... NRDC's list of "filthy...continued→
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Frances Beinecke talks about NRDC's goals of improving cultural diversity in the environmental movement in a New York Times article crediting NRDC for partnerships starting in the 1980s with smaller environmental groups focused on minority or low-income issues...In less than...continued→
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Rob Perks chats with Ronald Reagan (son of President Reagan) on Air America about the Bush administration’s willful neglect of environmental protections to the benefit of industries that supported Bush politically [Audio attached]… Forbes magazine focuses on the political power...continued→
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Yesterday NRDC trustee Robert Redford spoke on behalf of NRDC in opposition to Bush administration plans to lease lands adjacent to Utah national monuments and within eyesight of national parks to the oil and gas industry. Redford authored a scathing...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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Louisa Willcox argues for the endangered species status of grizzly bears and explains the link between dwindling natural food supplies and grizzly-human conflicts in the Associated Press... Damon Nagami spoke live on Radio Pacifica's KPFK about NRDC's ongoing legal battle...continued→
