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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

News Clips: To Canada and Beyond

February 17, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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coal, energyefficiency, mercury, obama, stimulus, tarsands

Susan Casey Lefkowitz warns that tar sands extraction is unlikely to ever be environmentally sustainable in a Bloomberg article and encourages President Obama to steer clear of supporting tar sands on his trip to Canada... Meanwhile, Patrice Simms calls for...continued

Curbing Pollution Through Efficiency and Law Suits

February 2, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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AQMD, autoemissions, california, coal, coalash, energyefficiency, greenhousegas, oilshale, simplesteps

In the Los Angeles Times David Pettit explains how the suit against AQMD may impact pollution regulation... The New York Times automotive blog cites NRDC as a group participating in talks on regulating greenhouse-gas emissions from cars and trucks... On...continued

Toward a Green Economy

January 8, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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andystevenson, coal, ericgoldstein, fuelefficiency, greeneconomy, greenjobs, johnwalke, karenwayland, luketonachel, nancystoner, oilshale, water

NRDC experts were featured twice today on CNBC... On "Squawk Box," Nancy Stoner explains that revitalizing our economy and our water infrastructure system go hand-in-hand... On "Street Signs," Andy Stevenson emphasizes the need for Obama's green jobs plan...CNN's "Lou Dobbs...continued

One Victory Followed by Three More Legal Battles

December 19, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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AP, BLM, chicagogreen, coal, drillinginNY, ericgoldstein, jennifersass, joelreynolds, johnwalke, latimes, nanotechnology, NYT, rebeccastanfield, recycling, robertredford, sanonofretollroad, scientificamerican, sharonbuccino, utahoildrilling, WNYC

On the front page, the Los Angeles Times reports on a federal decision that has officially snuffed out plans for the San Onofre toll road in California—a project that was widely unpopular in environmental and surfing communities; in the article...continued

Sun, Wind and... Cow Manure?

August 4, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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aaroncolangelo, barbarafinamore, childrenstoys, coal, editorial, fishoutofwater, houstonchronicle, jimpresswood, manure, nathanaelgreene, newsweek, ocs, phthalates, plentymagazine, sacramentobee, salmon, sarahjanssen, sciamerican, timothyhui, wind

Scientific American ran two articles today on the environmental and energy challenges faced by a growing China: coal vs. wind, smog vs. clean air. Timothy Hui talks about the air in China in the first article, while Barbara Finamore...continued

Inhale Deeply, Then Think of Clean Air

July 21, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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addictiontooil, alexwang, beijing, cnnmoney, coal, fuelefficiency, graywolves, henryhenderson, jimpresswood, latimes, louisawillcox, NPR, olympics, pollution, timothyhui, USAT

On NPR’s Marketplace, Timothy Hui addresses Beijing’s hope for improving air quality in time for the Olympics… Marking the success of NRDC’s Wolves in Danger campaign, USA Today reports in their On Deadline blog that gray wolves in Montana have...continued

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