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Cutting Carbon Emissions, Banning Gas Drilling to Protect Public Health, Greening MLB, Growing Green Awards and Atrazine

October 30, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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algae, atrazine, biofuels, carboncaptureandstorage, climatechange, coal, growinggreenawards, MLB, naturalgasny

In an article about the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on coal and climate change, the Charleston Gazette quoted David Hawkins on the need for tough near-term emissions reductions that will encourage carbon capture and storage... Eric Goldstein...continued

Myriad Ways to Fight Climate Change

October 15, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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Alaska, algae, Beijing, biofuels, BristolBay, carboncapture, CCS, JesseYJoy, OndaVerde;climatechange, PebbleMine, U.S.Steel, wastewater

In popular Spanish language publication La Opinión Adrianna Quintero spoke about a Miami concert NRDC organized to launch the new Onda Verde climate campaign with musicians Jesse y Joy and emphasized the urgency of addressing climate change.  Numerous print, online,...continued

Looking at Dengue Fever and Clean Energy in the US

July 8, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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AP, biofuels, denguefever, kimknowlton, missouri, renewableenergy, stlouisbusinessjournal

Two NRDC reports released this week recieved wide media coverage... In Reuters Kim Knowlton spoke at length about a dengue fever report released today which suggests that climate change could increase the likelihood of an outbreak in the US... And a report on...continued

Growing Green

January 16, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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andrewwetzler, biofuels, brandweek, bushadministration, lizbarrattbrown, montyschmitt, sfchronicle, smartgrowth, stimulus, tarsands, time, tv, wallstreetjournal

NRDC's stimulus package suggestions are mentioned in a Wall Street Journal article reviewing the progress of the package... Nathanael Greene speaks with Time about the possible negative environmental effects of certain biofuels... Brandweek publishes (almost verbatim) NRDC's steps to green...continued

A New Era of New Energy?

November 7, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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60minutes, allenhershkowitz, bagfee, biofuels, CAFO, CBS, csmonitor, danlashof, ericgoldstein, ewaste, greeneconomy, gristmill, nathanaelgreene, NYT, petealtman, renewableenergy, wallstreetjournal

Dan Lashof says the time has come to aggressively move forward with the development of clean renewable energy in the Wall Street Journal (subscription required)… CBS.com posted a prelude to 60 Minutes’ e-waste investigation that will air this weekend on...continued

Environmentalism-- Cleans the Air, Creates Jobs, and Could Help Financial Meltdown

October 2, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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adrianmartinez, andystevenson, associatedpress, biofuels, blue-greenalliance, capandtrade, craignoble, dianebailey, environmentalcapital, fresnobee, garyposttribune, market, portoflongbeach, sanjoaquinriverrestoration, sfchronicle, smartgrowth, wallstreetjournal

Quotes from Andy Stevenson’s blog post about how the financial market meltdown could spur investment in cap-and-trade systems were picked up by the Wall Street Journal’s Environmental Capital blog… In the Associated Press Diane Bailey chides the Port of Oakland...continued

Changing the Way We Consume

September 30, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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algae, AMP-ohio, biofuels, boeing, bostonglobe, briansiu, csmonitor, darbyhoover, green-e, juliabovey, lizbarrattbrown, melissalinperella, plastics, portoflosangeles, thomcmar

In the Christian Science Monitor, Julia Bovey promotes the Green-E certification process while encouraging consumers to change what they consume first—switch to CFLs, purchase recycled paper products, etc—before they turn to things like offsets to solve environmental woes…Darby Hoover explains...continued

Used Grease: Might Not Stop Global Warming, But It Helps

August 22, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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adrianmartinez, allenhershkowitz, AP, ATA, biofuels, carboncaps, daviddoniger, donnadeconstanzo, financialtimes, globalwarming, johnwalke, latimes, portoflosangeles, renewableenergy, richkassel, salon, USAT, USTA, WNBC

USA Today discusses the US Tennis Association’s move towards sustainability at the US Open with the guidance of NRDC; Allen Hershkowitz points out that the USTA’s actions strongly state that “we all need to lighten our impact on the...continued

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