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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

Loopholes in Hydraulic Fracturing Regs, Improving Washing Machines and Flat-Screen TVs, and Carbon Capture.

November 3, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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carboncapture, chesapeakebay, climatebill, energyefficiency, hydraulicfracturing, washingmachines

The New York Times consulted with Kate Sinding in advance of a Times editorial drawing attention to problematic loopholes in hydraulic fracturing regulations... In a Greenwire article picked up by New York Times online, Kristen Grenfell spoke about the hope...continued

Natural Gas Drilling in NY, Improving Labeling of Light Bulb Efficiency, Cutting Ship Pollution, and Saving Wolves in Montana

November 2, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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capandtrade, cleanenergy, energyefficiency, lightbulbs, naturalgasny, renewables, shippollution, windturbines, wolves

In Crain's New York Business  Kate Sinding detailed some of the many environmental concerns related to drilling for natural gas near New York City's watershed... Noah Horowitz argued that light bulb efficiency labeling could be more detailed in a New...continued

Strong Environmental Legislation Makes a Strong America

July 6, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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ACES, AP, bloomberg, businessweek, climateconference, dlashof, energyefficiency, francesbeinecke, globalwarming, jschmidt, louisawillcox, noahhorowitz, NYT, rcavanagh, tennessean, whitebarkpine, WSJ

On July 4th The Tennessean ran an op-ed penned by Frances Beinecke emphasizing the patriotism inherent in creating and supporting a strong climate bill...In a New York Times article, which ran on the front page of the business section, Noah...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

Energy, Public Transit, and Coal Pollution

January 27, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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annalexander, AP, appointees, daviddoniger, deronlovaas, energyefficiency, EPA, fuelefficiency, garyposttribune, johnwalke, NBC, NYT, obamaadministration, publictransit, ralphcavanagh, rolandhwang, TIME

 David Doniger talks about the environmental implications of President Obama's energy announcements on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams and in the New York Times... Roland Hwang praises Obama's plans to set stricter emissions standards for vehicles in the Associated...continued

Wasteland: The Bush Environmental Legacy

January 13, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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airpollution, associatedpress, ballastwater, bushadministration, daviddoniger, davidgoldstein, davidpettit, energyefficiency, EPA, henryhenderson, houstonchronicle, johnwalke, moneysavingtips, NYT, pollution, portoflosangeles, washingtonpost

David Doniger calls Bush’s environmental legacy a “wasteland” in the Houston Chronicle…In the Washington Post John Walke criticizes a lackadaisical new EPA rule that will make it easier for industrial plants, refineries and paper mills to expand operations without applying...continued

For 2009: Infrastructure Maintenance, Energy Efficiency, Species Protection, & Secrets of the H-Bomb

January 5, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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energyefficiency, hydrogenbomb, infrastructure, migratorybirds, navysonarwhales, oilprices, presidentelect, tarsands

 Frances Beinecke writes to The Washington Post in support of restoring existing infrastructure rather than investing in new bridges, roads, and pipes; the letter to the editor was arranged by Erin Allweiss... In this week's Time Magazine cover story "Wasting...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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