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Children of a Green Movement

January 28, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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AFP, airpollution, AP, BPA, capandtrade, CBS, CNN, columbusdispatch, davidhawkins, davidpettit, francesbeinecke, GE, greenkids, larrylevine, latimes, laxpollutionpermits, michaeloko, obamaadministration, pcbs, sarahjanssen, shannonfisk, wallstreetjournal

On CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, Michael Oko talks about the roots of the growing green youth movement [video below]... In a blog tracking the events and people in Davos, Switzerland the Wall Street Journal interviews Frances Beinecke about...continued

Of Appointees and Chemical Soup

December 18, 2008

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appointees, huffpo, nathanaelgreene, NYT, obamaadministration, robertredford, sarahjanssen, sharonbuccino, TIME, USAT, utahoildrilling, vanityfair

 Yesterday NRDC trustee Robert Redford spoke on behalf of NRDC in opposition to Bush administration plans to lease lands adjacent to Utah national monuments and within eyesight of national parks to the oil and gas industry. Redford authored a scathing...continued

BPA, Air Pollution, and Baseball

October 30, 2008

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BPA, fuelefficiency, jennifersass, katesinding, latimes, MLB, NBC, NYT, peterlehner, rolandhwang, sarahjanssen, webmd

Following a scientific advisory panel announcement yesterday that called FDA’s margins of safety for the chemical BPA “inadequate” NRDC has been at the forefront of BPA discussion in the news. Jen Sass appeared on NBC Nightly News last night to...continued

Energy, Health, and Energy

October 29, 2008

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BPA, cleanenergy, francesbeinecke, mcclatchynewspapers, navysonar, ocs, sarahjanssen, USAT, washingtonpost, wesleywarren, zaksmith

Frances Beinecke warns that offshore drilling entails needless risks, urging instead for investment in clean renewable technology in a well circulated McClatchy Newspapers article… USA Today ran an article focusing on the major health concerns held by NRDC and a...continued

Endangered Species, Endangered Coastlines, Endangered Lifestyles

October 23, 2008

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andrewwetzler, BPA, chicagotribune, endangeredspeciesact, francesbeinecke, greywolf, latimes, louisawillcox, montana, offshoredrilling, prop7, ralphcavanagh, sarahjanssen, seattlepi, USAT

Frances Beinecke gets the last word and voices NRDC’s opposition of offshore drilling in a Chicago Tribune article on the future of oil drilling in America… An editorial in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer lambastes the Bush administration for its blatant attempts...continued

A Greener Globe

October 22, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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BPA, china, colonycollapsedisorder, energyefficiency, ginasolomon, globalwarming, jakeschmidt, joshmogerman, juliabovey, leadstandards, lindagreer, NBC, newyorktimes, palmbeachpost, petition, sarahjanssen, usnewandworldreport, wallstreetjournal, walmart

In the Wall Street Journal both Julia Bovey and Linda Greer discuss the possibilities and benefits that may come from Wal-Mart’s move to set energy-efficiency requirements for all of the company’s Chinese suppliers; the article also mentions NRDC’s work this...continued

Seeking: Efficiency and Energy Leadership-- the Good Kind

September 18, 2008

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andrewwetzler, AP, arizonarepublic, BPA, carboncaps, consumerreports, csmonitor, davidgoldstein, energy, energystar, ESA, francesbeinecke, johnwalke, katesinding, naturalgasny, rebeccastanfield, sarahjanssen, sfchronicle, usnewandworldreport

In Arizona Republic Frances Beinecke faults the Bush administration for failing to provide leadership on energy issues for the last 8 years… David Goldstein criticizes Energy Star for maintaining lackluster and industry influenced requirements for refrigerators in a Consumer Reports...continued

NRDC in Magazines

August 21, 2008

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alexkennaugh, ginasolomon, greening, health, kyrasedgwich, oprahmagazine, parentingmagazine, redbook, sacramentoparent, sarahjanssen, toxics, Vogue

Gina Solomon discusses the health risks of ground level air pollution in Vogue in July… Sarah Janssen answers questions about tap water and toxic dry cleaning for O Magazine’s September cover story. The magazine also ran profiles of the...continued

Bottled Water, Tap Water, Whales and Bees

August 19, 2008

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aaroncolangelo, AP, bottledwater, chicagotonight, colonycollapsedisorder, davidbeckman, davidhawkins, editorial, gabrielachavarria, henryhenderson, jennifersass, LAriver, latimes, navysonar, newyorktimes, sarahjanssen, sfchronicle, smog, tapwater, timgrabiel, ttw, usat, wallstreetjournal

Health experts Sarah Janssen, and Jen Sass teamed up with the Wall Street Journal to detail concerns surrounding tap and bottled water, due to all their hard work the Journal even included NRDC’s water filter table at the end...continued

Sun, Wind and... Cow Manure?

August 4, 2008

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aaroncolangelo, barbarafinamore, childrenstoys, coal, editorial, fishoutofwater, houstonchronicle, jimpresswood, manure, nathanaelgreene, newsweek, ocs, phthalates, plentymagazine, sacramentobee, salmon, sarahjanssen, sciamerican, timothyhui, wind

Scientific American ran two articles today on the environmental and energy challenges faced by a growing China: coal vs. wind, smog vs. clean air. Timothy Hui talks about the air in China in the first article, while Barbara Finamore...continued

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