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"Acid Test" on "Good Morning America"; Fixing Climate Change and Creating Jobs, TVs and Energy-Efficiency Standards, Wastewater in Lake Michigan, and Grizzly Bears Threatened by Climate Change

November 19, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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acidtest, china, cleanenergy, climatechange, energyefficiency, grizzlybears, jobs, portspollution

  Sigourney Weaver appeared on ABC's Good Morning America to promote the NRDC film Acid Test; on the show she explained that ocean acidification is linked to climate change and is already causing damage to organisms in our oceans... On...continued

Frances Beinecke and "Clean Energy Common Sense" on MSNBC, Climate Bill Update, Copenhagen, California Delta, Drought, and Wolf Hunts

November 18, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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californiadelta, china, cleanenergycommonsense, climatebill, climatechange, transportationlegislation, wolves

 Today Frances Beinecke discussed her new book "Clean Energy Common Sense" on MSNBC's Morning Joe program; a clip of her interview may be posted on the Morning Joe website later this week.  Peter Lehner explained in a Good magazine blog...continued

Frances Beinecke on Climate Change; Looking Ahead to Copenhagen, A/C in Cars and Arsenic Contamination in New Orleans

November 17, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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airconditioning, arsenic, CARB, china, copenhagen, hurricanekatrina, renewablenergy

Frances Beinecke took part in an extensive interview with Treehugger on the topic of climate change; the interview covered many topics ranging from the impacts of delaying an agreement in Copenhagen to what implementation of climate solutions could look like,...continued

Frances Beinecke Discusses "Clean Energy Common Sense," China and Climate Solutions; Renewable Energy Standards, BPA and Human Health Threats, Natural Gas Drilling in NY.

November 12, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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BPA, china, cleanenergycommonsense, climate, naturalgasdrilling, nuclear, renewables

Frances Beinecke was interviewed on E&E TV about the progress of the climate bill in the Senate and the role the United States may play in international climate negotiations; she also discussed her new book and the need to educate...continued

Climate Change Efforts in China, NRDC's Work to Protect Communities from Natural Gas Drilling, Protecting the Vaquita Marina and Atlantic Sturgeon.

November 10, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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Chile, china, climatechange, naturalgasny, vaquitamarina

Top Chinese publications China Daily, People's Daily and Xinhua reported on a talk given yesterday in New York by Barbara Finamore and Alex Wang on China's increasing efforts to address climate change; Barbara and Alex were quoted in every paragraph...continued

Global Warming, Air, and Water Pollution Limits Still Needed

October 27, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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chemicals, china, drinkingwater, gasdrilling, globalwarming, renewableenergy

In a Bloomberg News article Jake Schmidt posited that the lack of U.S. limits on global warming pollution may be part of the reason why China does not have specific goals either... In a Greenwire article carried by New York...continued

Illinois, China, and Even the CA Ports Consider Going Green

March 9, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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barbarafinamore, china, cnn, daviddoniger, melissalinperella, pollution, portoflosangeles, time

In TIME magazine David Doniger argues that a green stampede may be coming as even states like Illinois consider a move towards adopting tailpipe emissions regulations like California's... Melissa Lin Perrella talks about NRDC's work cleaning up America's West coast...continued

A President that Talks About Climate Legislation? Hard to Believe but True.

February 25, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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carbon, china, environment, fossilfuels, globalwarming, obama, solarpower, Stateoftheunion, walmart

Frances Beinecke offers extensive comments to Environment News Service on President Obama's first address to a joint session of Congress and what this means for legislation limiting carbon pollution, clean energy, and breaking our dependence on oil. On the New...continued

Dear Canada... Did You Know Pollution and Habitat Distruction is Bad for Birds?

December 2, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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AP, china, climateconference, danlashof, E2, energy, forbes, hydrogrencars, jakeschmidt, jamesjones, losangelestimes, migratorybirds, reuters, rolandhwang, susancaseylefkowitz, TV, yahoogreen

Susan Casey Lefkowitz urges people to consider the effect of Canadian tar sands development on the habitat of migratory birds in a Reuters piece discussing a report released today by a coalition of environmental groups and NRDC; articles on the...continued

A Greener Globe

October 22, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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BPA, china, colonycollapsedisorder, energyefficiency, ginasolomon, globalwarming, jakeschmidt, joshmogerman, juliabovey, leadstandards, lindagreer, NBC, newyorktimes, palmbeachpost, petition, sarahjanssen, usnewandworldreport, wallstreetjournal, walmart

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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