Gina Solomon detailed the risks the oil spill poses to human health in a HealthDay piece carried by Businessweek, MSN and various other websites… Michael Jasny commented on oil’s ill effects on the sea floor and the animals that feed there in an Agence France-Presse story… Regan Nelson also spoke about the spill’s implications for wildlife on Los Angeles NPR station KPCC… A USA Today Green House blog post about the spill’s human health effects linked to and quoted from Gina Solomon’s Switchboard blog…
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Another ABC News article mentioned NRDC’s partnership with the White House to make the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner more environmentally friendly… In a Politico article on the same topic, Allen Hershkowitz emphasized that the greening efforts were simply a matter “of operating more efficiently and choosing environmentally better products”… SoCal’s Daily Breeze newspaper reported that as NRDC’s lawsuit defending California’s Clean Trucks Program drew to a close the Judge in the case toured the port to be effected by the plan.
]]>China Daily has produced a book on the Environmental NGO’s in China, Li Yang in addition to other NRDC staff helped by providing interviews and other content for the book; … Sigourney Weaver conducted an in depth question and answer session with The Hill during her recent trip to Washington, D.C. to testify in front of a Senate panel on ocean acidification… In an article for Earth Day MTV.com looked at five celebrities that work on environmental causes. Their list included Chace Crawford, who recently participated in the “This is our Moment” PSA and NRDC Trustee Leonardo DiCaprio... David Doniger discussed the need for climate legislation to occur this year in an interview with Solve Climate.com… In an article by Earth 911.com on trash polluting the world’s oceans Lisa Suatoni stressed that the actions of individuals can help reduce the waste that is collecting off our shores…
]]>Eric Goldstein was a guest on NYC NPR’s Leonard Lopate Show and explained the process that plastic goes through when it is recycled… In an interview with WAMC– the public radio station of the American Northeast— Kate Sinding discussed the passing of an electronic waste recycling bill by the New York State Senate… In a New York Times print article Kate discussed the state’s decision to temporarily block drilling for natural gas in the Catskills and whether that will be enough to protect the state’s watersheds…
An online CBS News Investigative Unit article about EPA’s renewed investigation of the safety of the pesticide atrazine cited an NRDC report on the possible adverse health effects of the chemical… In a Greenwire article picked up by the New York Times, Franz Matzner spoke about how climate and energy legislation creates “an enormous new pressure and incentive to use biomass to create energy”… Adrianna Quintero spoke about Earth Day and clean energy on Voces de Nuestro Mundo, a National Network Spanish language radio show…
Peter Lehner did a fifteen minute interview in Spanish on Radio Kama in El Paso, Texas, about Earth Day and the need for clean energy legislation, and on Earth Day, Wendy Gordon gave tips on green living Sirius XM radio’s on Martha Stewart Whole Living…
]]>In an Associated Press article Shannon Fisk called into the question the economics of an aging coal plant on the shores of Lake Erie, calling it a “fish-killing machine” because it is responsible for the destruction of more than 60 million fish every year…A Slate.com article on the new requirements for polluters to report their emissions quoted David Doniger on the importance of the requirement… Annie Notthoff spoke with the New York Times’ Bay Area Blog about attempts to block California’s landmark climate change legislation AB32; she was also pictured in the post…
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According to a Washington Post interactive timeline, Modern Environmentalism began when NRDC opened its doors in January of 1970… Peter Lehner discussed Christie’s Earth Day auction, organized in partnership with NRDC and other major environmental organizations, in Reuters… Eric Goldstein spoke with ABCNews.com about the progress made since the first Earth Day in reducing pollution, protecting natural spaces and raising public awareness… David Doniger was quoted in an AOL News article about the greatest environmental triumphs since 1970; he cited the creation of the EPA, amendment to the Clean Air Act and passage of the Clean Water Act as major victories for the planet…
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Adrianna Quintero’s Switchboard blog was quoted in a blog post by the Florida Times-Union discussing the overwhelming support from minority communities for clean, renewable energy and carbon dioxide regulation… Linda Escalante discussed clean energy on SoCal’s local Telemundo yesterday… An article in The Independent (UK) discussed NBC Universal’s green-themed week and the network’s partnership with Christie's A Bid to Save the Earth Green Auction, which will raise funds for NRDC and other environmental groups…
]]>Sigourney Weaver was listed by The Daily Green.com as one the “Greatest Ocean Heroes of All Time,” with her recent work on NRDC’s “Acid Test” listed as one of the highlights…
An Op-Ed by Adrianna Quintero about the support minorities have shown for climate legislation and clean energy solutions was printed by El Nuevo Herald, the major Spanish language newspaper in Miami… Linda Escalante pointed out the need for improved communication in Latino communities surrounding the cost savings from household energy efficiency improvements and government grants for those improvements to Hoy, a Spanish language newspaper with circulation throughout the US…In a New York Times Letter to the Editor Allen Hershkowitz addressed some of the inaccuracies from a recent Times article calling for the US to develop waste incinerator systems similar to those found in Europe…
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Linda Greer was interviewed by Sohu.com, one of China's top portals, as was Cindy Lin (part one and part two) on green competitiveness for business and making supply chains more environmentally friendly; ... In Crain’s New York Business, Eric Goldstein explained that a new initiative in New York City will expand the recycling of plastics without adding extra costs… Susan Casey-Lefkowitz discussed the environmental damages of Canadian tar sands oil with the Canadian newswire CNW Group…
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Mother Jones Blue Marble blog quoted and linked to a Switchboard post by Dan Lashof highlighting an announcement indicating that comprehensive energy and climate legislation would reduce Iran’s oil revenue by one million dollars *per day* for the next 40 years… SundanceChannel.com featured a video with Robert Redford and an article quoting Allen Hershkowitz about the partnership between NRDC and Major League Baseball to measure and address the environmental footprint of the League…
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In a NBC New York story on new recycling legislation in NYC Eric Goldstein highlighted the potential of the recycling bills to reignite interest in the city's recycling program… Noah Horowitz co-wrote an op-ed that ran in the Hartford Courant calling for legislation to set an energy efficiency baseline for new flat-screen TV’s in order to protect the environment as well as the pocketbooks of Connecticut residents… Nathanael Greene explained in the Des Moines Register why mature ethanol industries, like corn ethanol, should not be counted as an advanced biofuel.
]]>Liz Alter warned that it would be reckless to set long term catch limits for pacific gray whales when the future of the population is unclear in an Associated Press article featured in AP’s national news feed… Robert Redford and Julia Louis-Dreyfus spoke about their environmental activism and relationship with NRDC in a special environmental-themed issue of Delta Sky Magazine, distributed on all Delta airplanes… An ESPN article on the recent “Salmon Summit” in California optimistically reported on the budding understanding between environmental and fishing communities interested in rebuilding the West Coast’s dwindling salmon population; Barry Nelson spoke with the author at length…
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NBC New York reported on the upcoming Christie’s Earth Day auction to benefit NRDC in their The Thread blog… The L.A. Times posted an interactive graphic illustrating the estimated stockpiles of nuclear warheads in the U.S. and Russia; the graphic was informed by data from NRDC… Darby Hoover spoke with ABC News online about incentive based programs to help promote recycling; an article including quotes from Darby ran on Good Morning America’s Green Living Guide section of the site…
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Sarah Janssen spoke with the Washington Post about health concerns related to triclosan, an antibacterial chemical used in most liquid soaps and other personal care products… Sarah explained that regular soap and water offer the same benefits as triclosan without potential ill health effects in the Boston Globe…
FOX Chicago News interviewed Henry Henderson about protecting the Great Lakes from the invasive Asian carp while improving lake and canal infrastructure… Gina Solomon praised the EPA for banning the use of dangerous aluminum and magnesium phosphide fumigants near homes in the Salt Lake Tribune… In PODER Magazine, Adrianna Quintero commented on recent poll findings that a large majority of U.S. Hispanics believe acting on climate change should be a high priority for the U.S. government…
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