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The Business of Environmentalism

August 10, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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allenhershkowitz, AP, barrynelson, darbyhoover, globalwarming, jakeschmidt, NPR, NYT, philadelphiainquirer, plastics, sanjoaquinriverrestoration, sfchronicle

 An Associated Press article on the international climate negotiations pulled quotes from Jake Schmidt's switchboard blog about South Korea's recently announced emissions targets ... Comments from Allen Hershkowitz on the importance of environmentally conscious decisions at professional sporting events were...continued

Climate Change, Health, and Marine Reserves

August 6, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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climatebill, diesel, health, Karengarrison, lauriejohnson, marineprotectedareas, melissalinperella, NPR, sfchronicle

Laurie Johnson spoke with NPR's Marketplace about the economic incentives to implement a climate bill... And in the Kansas City Star Melissa Lin Perella criticizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for disregarding the health risks of diesel exhaust and...continued

Daily Green Awards and Robert Redford, Need We Say More?

April 24, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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adriannaquintero, CNN, dailygreen, deronlovaas, francesbeinecke, ginasolomon, Life, NYT, robertredford, rolandhwang, sfchronicle, univision

The Week of April 24th, 2009-- Frances Beinecke is The Daily Green's 2009 Heart of Green Lifetime Achievement Award winner; she was honored at an event Thursday night and an article on Frances was featured on The Daily Green and...continued

EPA, Global Warming, and Google Earth

April 17, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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daviddoniger, endangerment, EPA, googleearth, jerseycity, johannawald, LAofficeanniversary, latimes, leilamonroe, nancymarks, newyorktimes, pollution, sfchronicle, washingtonpost, WNYC

The Week of April 17th, 2009-- In the New York Times David Doniger commends Lisa Jackson and the Obama administration for EPA's proposal to regulate greenhouse gasses, crediting them with going "a long way to restore respect for both science...continued

Day 6: Break America's Addiction to Oil, Then Eat Lunch.

January 26, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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airportvehicles, andystevenson, associatedpress, electricvehicles, EPA waiver, francesbeinecke, fuelefficiency, joelreynolds, johnwalke, latimes, luketonachel, midnightregulations, navysonarwhales, NYT, obamaadministration, PBS, sfchronicle

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

Growing Green

January 16, 2009

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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andrewwetzler, biofuels, brandweek, bushadministration, lizbarrattbrown, montyschmitt, sfchronicle, smartgrowth, stimulus, tarsands, time, tv, wallstreetjournal

NRDC's stimulus package suggestions are mentioned in a Wall Street Journal article reviewing the progress of the package... Nathanael Greene speaks with Time about the possible negative environmental effects of certain biofuels... Brandweek publishes (almost verbatim) NRDC's steps to green...continued

New Era, New Czars

December 11, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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autobailout, deronlovaas, energyczar, francesbeinecke, jakeschmidt, johnwalke, latimes, mcclatchynewspapers, NYT, PBS, sfchronicle, unclimatetalks, washingtonpost, whitebarkpine

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

Shining Light on Issues that Matter

December 10, 2008

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bushadministration, csmonitor, laurapagano, miriamrotkinellman, rolandhwang, sfchronicle, yahoogreen

Following his comments in yesterday's USA Today piece, Roland Hwang emphasizes the need to protect American tax-payers from false promises from auto companies in a front page Christian Science Monitor article... In the San Francisco Chronicle Miriam Rotkin-Ellman discusses NRDC's...continued

Working for a Healthier Planet...

October 21, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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annalexander, belugawhales, BPA, chicagoriver, chrispaine, electriccar, endangeredspecies, petition, plentymagazine, pollution, sfchronicle, wired

The San Francisco Chronicle is the first to report on NRDC’s petition to the FDA requesting for the ban of the chemical BPA from all food products nationwide …Chris Paine criticizes unsavory aspects of a plan to build a nuclear...continued

Climate Politics

October 20, 2008

Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment

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costofinaction, daviddoniger, discovermagazine, EPA waiver, mcclatchynewspapers, naturalgas, NYT, prop7, ralphcavanagh, sanjoaquinriverrestoration, sfchronicle, sharonbuccino

In the New York Times, David Doniger explains that bottom-up pressure could force Congress to pursue a climate bill if the next president granted California the right to regulate automobile emissions or if they ordered EPA to regulate carbon dioxide…...continued

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