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Interior Secretary says Destructive Drilling a No-No, and More Stories From the News

February 4, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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alberthuang, AP, canada, canadianpress, carcinogens, compost, deronlovaas, environmentalmagazine, francesbeinecke, greenbuilding, grist, interiorsecretary, lawsuit, nancymarks, newjersey, nuclearweapons, obama, PPG, radiopacifica, sharonbuccino, slate, stannorris, stimulus, susancaseylefkowitz, tarsands, utahoildrilling, washingtonpost, WBAI

Today Interior Secretary Salazar canceled leases to drill for fuel on federal land in Utah; the decision marks a victory for NRDC and other environmental groups that protested the leases during the Bush administration. In the Washington Post Sharon Buccino...continued

Willful Neglect of Environmental Protections... The Bush Years...

January 12, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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airamerica, allenhershkowitz, bushadministration, facebook, forbes, globalwarming, greenday, newsday, nuclearweapons, NYT, obamaadministration, robperks, USAT, washingtonpost, wastetoenergy

Rob Perks chats with Ronald Reagan (son of President Reagan) on Air America about the Bush administration’s willful neglect of environmental protections to the benefit of industries that supported Bush politically [Audio attached]… Forbes magazine focuses on the political power...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

Fed Judge: No Green Taxi Mandate in NYC

November 3, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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ABC, AP, bloomberg, CAFO, greentaxis, grizzlybears, jondevine, katesinding, louisawillcox, nuclearweapons, NYC, prop7, ralphcavanagh, tomcochran, USAT

Kate Sinding expresses her disappointment that “a narrow segment of industry" has prevented "the city from doing what's best for its citizens and the environment," in an Associated Press article explaining actions by a federal judge that will block NYC...continued

Cap-and-Trade, Clean Ports, and Hurricane Pollution

September 26, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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adrianmartinez, alberthuang, AP, beachwaterquality, contracostatimes, dailycomet, dalebryk, governmentexecutive, hurricanepollution, nancystoner, nuclearweapons, portoflosangeles, RGGI, tampabaybusinesstribune, thomascochran

In the Associated Press, Dale Bryk talks about the expected results and benefits from the landmark carbon cap-and-trade system launched in the Northeast US yesterday… The Contra Costa Times reports that a California court rejected a trucking association bid to...continued

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