Today Interior Secretary Salazar canceled leases to drill for fuel on federal land in Utah; the decision marks a victory for NRDC and other environmental groups that protested the leases during the Bush administration. In the Washington Post Sharon Buccino looked at how the decision marks a new era of land policy, and era in which Americans can have both energy security and preserve the Wild West... In E/ The Environmental Magazine Frances Beinecke spoke about how the Obama presidency may provide a bold, new, environmentally aware direction for America...

Susan Casey-Lefkowitz explained the new BioGem designation of Canada's Peace-Athabasca Delta due to tarsand development in over a dozen Canadian news outlets including the Calgary Herald... On WBAI Evening News (New York Pacifica) Nancy Marks spoke about a landmark lawsuit filed yesterday in New Jersey to compel PPG to clean up a 17 acre site where a potent carcinogen was dumped over 25 years ago; Nancy Marks also spoke about the case with the New Jersey Star Ledger while Al Huang spoke with the Jersey Journal and other outlets... In the Associated Press Stan Norris evaluated a proposal to place nuclear labs in America under Pentagon supervision... LA staffer Gisela Lesin guided a film crew, from Slate spin-off TheBigMoney.com, through NRDC's green office, highlighting unique features and environmentally friendly facts; Molly Greenwood, also of the LA office, made a cameo appearance in the video explaining how NRDC composts... And in Grist Deron Lovaas expressed his disappointment with Barbara Boxer's support of excessive highway funding, despite global warming concerns.