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Manganese Near Schools in Ohio, Protecting Water from Natural Gas Drilling, Promoting CFLs, and Protecting the San Joaquin River Delta

October 29, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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CFL, drinkingwater, manganese, naturalgas, sanjoaquinriverrestoration

In a USA Today article on high levels of manganese found near schools in Ohio and West Virginia, Gina Solomon explained the dangers of elementary students being exposed to the harmful chemical... A New York Times editorial stressed that New...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

Careful Where You Drill

October 9, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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DEC, departmentofinterior, drilling, drinkingwater, greenindiana, NYCwatershed, oilandgasleases, powerplants, uschamberofcommece

Amy Mall praised the Department of the Interior for freezing oil and gas leases for 60 contested Utah drilling sites in the New York Times... In a Greenwire article picked up by the New York Times Pete Altman emphasized that...continued

NRDC + BoA = Mountaintop Appreciation

December 4, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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bankofamerica, benlongstreth, charlotteobserver, drinkingwater, dukeenergy, energyefficiency, GMA, maewu, mountaintopmining, NYT, perchloratepollution, powerplantpollution, robperks, videogames, wired

As a result of months of discussion between NRDC and Bank of America, BoA has made a public commitment to phasing out funding for companies that predominantly use mountain-top removal for coal mining; the New York Times Green Inc. reports...continued

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