Media scan 4/14: Clean energy future, wolves at risk, environmental protections' economic benefits, greener cars, and more....
Posted April 14, 2011 in The Media and the Environment
The Fresno Bee published an Op-Ed by Frances Beinecke, in which she commended President Obama for his plan to move the nation toward safer, cleaner energy sources, and stressed that American ingenuity will allow us to end our dependence on costly oil; Frances’ photo appeared in the print edition of The Fresno Bee…
As Congress continues its last-minute budget negotiations this week, the international wire Agence France-Presse quoted from Andrew Wetzler’s blog about a controversial provision in the budget legislation that would remove endangered species protections for gray wolves… Scott Slesinger spoke with the Los Angeles public radio station KCRW's "Which Way, L.A.?" program, about the impact of federal budget cuts on California… With several proposals on the table in Congress to block and roll back federal environmental protections, The Tennessean highlighted the economic growth, revenues and job development that flourished under those protections, according to federal data cited by NRDC.…
Peter Miller was quoted in a Christian Science Monitor article on a new California law that will require utilities to obtain 33 percent of their electricity from renewable sources -- the strongest renewable energy standard in the country… In Mother Nature Network, Deron Lovaas discussed the need for more fuel-efficient cars in the United States, given the rising cost of fuel…
