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November 19, 2009
Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
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- acidtest, china, cleanenergy, climatechange, energyefficiency, grizzlybears, jobs, portspollution
Sigourney Weaver appeared on ABC's Good Morning America to promote the NRDC film Acid Test; on the show she explained that ocean acidification is linked to climate change and is already causing damage to organisms in our oceans... On...
November 18, 2009
Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
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- californiadelta, china, cleanenergycommonsense, climatebill, climatechange, transportationlegislation, wolves
Today Frances Beinecke discussed her new book "Clean Energy Common Sense" on MSNBC's Morning Joe program; a clip of her interview may be posted on the Morning Joe website later this week. Peter Lehner explained in a Good magazine blog...
November 17, 2009
Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
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- airconditioning, arsenic, CARB, china, copenhagen, hurricanekatrina, renewablenergy
Frances Beinecke took part in an extensive interview with Treehugger on the topic of climate change; the interview covered many topics ranging from the impacts of delaying an agreement in Copenhagen to what implementation of climate solutions could look like,...
November 16, 2009
Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
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- cleanenergycommonsense, climatebill, copenhagen, ewaste, globalwarming, NIF, simplesteps
Frances Beinecke was a guest on WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show today; she spoke with Lopate about her new book and the need for a strong climate bill... In the Los Angeles Times, Jake Schmidt explained that progress in Copenhagen...
November 13, 2009
Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
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- chamberofcommerce, chesapeakebay, cleanenergycommonsense, globalwarming, legislation, pluginvehicle, powerplant
Frances Beinecke was interviewed on KPCC's AirTalk with Larry Mantle about her new book and the need for urgent domestic and international climate action. Frances also spoke with Southern California listeners on the air to answer their questions about...
November 12, 2009
Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
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- BPA, china, cleanenergycommonsense, climate, naturalgasdrilling, nuclear, renewables
Frances Beinecke was interviewed on E&E TV about the progress of the climate bill in the Senate and the role the United States may play in international climate negotiations; she also discussed her new book and the need to educate...
November 11, 2009
Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
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- cleanenergycommonsense, climatechange, copenhagen, mountaintopremovalmining, wind
Frances Beinecke discussed her new book Clean Energy Common Sense in a thirty minute interview on CSPAN's Washington Journal; in the interview Frances focused on our responsibility to act, and how a climate bill would help create jobs, a sustainable...
November 10, 2009
Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
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- Chile, china, climatechange, naturalgasny, vaquitamarina
Top Chinese publications China Daily, People's Daily and Xinhua reported on a talk given yesterday in New York by Barbara Finamore and Alex Wang on China's increasing efforts to address climate change; Barbara and Alex were quoted in every paragraph...
November 6, 2009
Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
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- carboncaptureandstorage, greatlakes, nuclearpower, sanjoaquindelta, water
Frances Beinecke discussed the drawbacks of nuclear energy with CNN Money's Business of Green channel... On local NPR affiliate station KPCC, Barry Nelson praised a comprehensive new California water plan for providing the necessary foundation for creating a stable and...
November 5, 2009
Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
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- BLM, bureaoflandmanagement, cleanenergy, climatechange, energyefficiencystandards, energystar, ethanol, naturalgas, payasyoudrive
On NPR's Kojo Nnamdi show Lane Burt explained why federal agencies are reviewing the Energy Star program's ratings system...In the Los Angeles Times Roland Hwang discussed the environmental benefits and costs of the U.S. tariff on Brazilian sugar-based ethanol imports......
November 3, 2009
Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
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- carboncapture, chesapeakebay, climatebill, energyefficiency, hydraulicfracturing, washingmachines
The New York Times consulted with Kate Sinding in advance of a Times editorial drawing attention to problematic loopholes in hydraulic fracturing regulations... In a Greenwire article picked up by New York Times online, Kristen Grenfell spoke about the hope...
November 2, 2009
Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
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- capandtrade, cleanenergy, energyefficiency, lightbulbs, naturalgasny, renewables, shippollution, windturbines, wolves
In Crain's New York Business Kate Sinding detailed some of the many environmental concerns related to drilling for natural gas near New York City's watershed... Noah Horowitz argued that light bulb efficiency labeling could be more detailed in a New...
October 30, 2009
Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
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- algae, atrazine, biofuels, carboncaptureandstorage, climatechange, coal, growinggreenawards, MLB, naturalgasny
In an article about the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on coal and climate change, the Charleston Gazette quoted David Hawkins on the need for tough near-term emissions reductions that will encourage carbon capture and storage... Eric Goldstein...
October 29, 2009
Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
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- CFL, drinkingwater, manganese, naturalgas, sanjoaquinriverrestoration
In a USA Today article on high levels of manganese found near schools in Ohio and West Virginia, Gina Solomon explained the dangers of elementary students being exposed to the harmful chemical... A New York Times editorial stressed that New...
October 27, 2009
Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
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- chemicals, china, drinkingwater, gasdrilling, globalwarming, renewableenergy
In a Bloomberg News article Jake Schmidt posited that the lack of U.S. limits on global warming pollution may be part of the reason why China does not have specific goals either... In a Greenwire article carried by New York...
