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Alex Wang argues that "a massive investment in energy efficiency and clean energy technologies in China would... improve energy security for China, [and] save firms money mak[ing] China's economy more competitive," in Bloomberg... In a FRONT PAGE Philadelphia Inquirer piece...continued→
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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→
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In Reuters Frances Beinecke was the first person quoted, after President Obama himself, regarding the positive impacts of the order to raise fuel economy standards, and in the San Francisco Chronicle Frances celebrated Obama's request for EPA to swiftly reconsider...continued→
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In the LA Times Andrew Wetzler challenged another Bush administration move to prematurely revoke endangered species status from Gray Wolves in two out of three Western states, pointing out that wolves "can't be not endangered in Idaho and Montana but...continued→
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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→
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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→
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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→
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In the LA Times (as well as the Chicago Tribune, Agence France Presse and others) Frances Beinecke praises the incoming Obama administration for taking America's energy challenges seriously by creating an "energy czar" position to help guide White House energy...continued→
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NRDC has filed a petition to list whitebark pine—a common high-elevation tree in the Western US and Canada—as an endangered species due to consistently deteriorating habitat conditions created by global warming. In a McClatchy Tribune article already picked up by...continued→
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The Associated Press along with more than 500 online and print outlets quoted NRDCers Joel Reynolds, Zak Smith, and Taryn Kiekow on the Winter v NRDC Supreme Court ruling. Coverage of the ruling, which determined that the Navy was not...continued→
