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Fish, Power, and Energy Reform

February 24, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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alexwang, california, energy, henryhenderson, joshmogerman, mercury, ralphcavanagh, susanegankeane, tarsands

In the San Diego Union Tribune Doug Obegi comments on the conflicting needs of delta smelt, salmon, and humans coming to a head as California's water resources slowly vanish... In the New York Times' Green Inc blog Ralph Cavanagh labels...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

Yes Virginia, There is a Place with More Nuclear Contamination Than Chernobyl

December 23, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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barackobama, compressedair, energyczar, greening, hollywood, hybridvehicles, jeremypiven, mercury, mercurycalculator, midnightregulations, nuclear, nuclearweapons, offpeakstorage, presidentelect, transition

John Walke explains to CNN why the Bush administration midnight regulations are so unprecedented... On NPR Morning Edition Tom Cochran delves into the history of communities surrounding the area where Russia first developed their nuclear weapons... Allen Hershkowitz tells The...continued

Energy: Waiting for Political Pandering to Pass

September 29, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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AP, cbc, dalebryk, energy, globalwarming, jacobschmidt, mercury, NPR, NYT, ralphcavanagh, scientificamerican, tarsands

Ralph Cavanagh talks about the misguided energy measure that is Prop 7 on KQED’s Forum with Michael Krasny… The Associated Press reports on a call with chief climate negotiator for South Korea, Rae-Kwon Chung; on the call Chung announced a...continued

Time to Start Moving on this Environmentalism Stuff...

September 25, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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algae, AP, dailygreen, energy, francesbeinecke, huffpo, jetfuels, lizbarrattbrown, mercury, miriamrotkinellman, nedfarquhar, northkorea, nuclear, NYT, oilshale, prop7, ralphcavanagh, sanjosemercurynews, stannorris, USAT, westernclimateinitiative

USA Today Magazine profiles an NRDC report on the environmental atrocities inherent with oil shale development in their September issue…The Huffington Post and The Daily Green picked up the full text on Frances Beinecke’s newest blog post on the role...continued

If You Plan on Driving, Breathing or Swimming...

August 12, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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albanytimesunion, allenhershkowitz, charlestongazette, deronlovaas, fuelefficiency, ivillage, johnwalke, mercury, NYT, oilvulnerablityreport, pollution, RGGI, ttw

After a conversation with Deron Lovaas, the Charleston Gazette ran an editorial recommending that all the fuel-saving steps for West Virginia “listed by the Natural Resources Defense Council should be considered,” and WV should stop waiting for the federal...continued

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