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Tar Sands and Ocean Monuments

January 7, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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bushadministration, ghostfleet, marineprotectedareas, noahhorowitz, oildrilling, robertredford, sarahchasis, susancaseylefkowitz, tarsands

The New York Times and The Financial Times quote Susan Casey-Lefkowitz on the destructiveness of tar sands extraction... A New York Times editorial and a USA Today blog echoed Sarah Chasis's Switchboard posting on Bush's newly designated national monuments in the...continued

Global Warming in a Time of an Obama Administration

December 1, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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allenhershkowitz, amymall, AP, billingsgazette, bobbymcenaney, broadway, climateconference, GMA, grizzlybears, jakeschmidt, louisawillcox, noahhorowitz, oildrilling, poland, publicland, TV, washingtonpost

In a front page Washington Post article, Bobby McEnaney warns that Pres. Bush is attempting to destroy the whole process designed to protect public lands, as his administration swiftly moves forward with the approval of large and controversial oil and...continued

Of Whales and Energy

November 17, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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allenhershkowitz, andystevenson, jessicalass, joelreynolds, johnwalke, latimes, navysonar, newyorktimes, oildrilling, PBS, portoflosangeles, radiopacifica, rolandhwang, supremecourt, tarynkiekow, tugboats, wallstreetjournal, washingtonpost, wesleywarren, zaksmith

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

Lead, Oil and Grizzly Bears... in the News

October 24, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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adriannaquintero, damonnagami, ginasolomon, grizzlybears, kateslusark, leadstandards, mcclatchynewspapers, MLB, OAS, oildrilling, pacificaradio, peterlehner

In a McClatchy Newspapers article, Gina Solomon cautions that there are a lot of gaps in a federal plan to monitor levels of lead pollution in the air; the article also links to data on lead pollution hot spots compiled...continued

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