The Links Between Environmentalism and Security
Posted August 17, 2009 in The Media and the Environment
El Diario NY carried an op-ed by Frances Beinecke on the cost of climate change (and the effects of climate change on issues like national security)... In a Washington Post article, Shannon Fisk emphasizes that two dirty power plants in urban Chicago need to be cleaned up now, pointing out that they should have been cleaned up "decades ago"... Gina Solomon describes the potential health effects of pesticide exposure in a Los Angeles Times article on the continued danger of direct pesticide exposure for Central Valley schoolchildren... LA Weekly interviews Noah Garrison about the growth of green industry and the green job market... In an online National Geographic Magazine news article Taryn Kiekow discusses how a centuries-old dolphin hunt in Japan is entirely unsustainable... Treehugger.com encourages readers to continue to remember the basic message of NRDC's recent Michigan energy report: the benefits of renewable energy easily outweigh the costs...
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Marita Prandoni — Aug 18 2009 05:06 PM
Hi,
Please see my article on the problem with Alberta's oil sands. It mentions NRDC with regard to stopping construction of the Alberta Clipper:
http://www.ecohearth.com/eco-blogs/small-earth/833-oil-sands-abandoning-clean-energy-for-canadas-dirty-reserves.html