Climate Change Efforts in China, NRDC's Work to Protect Communities from Natural Gas Drilling, Protecting the Vaquita Marina and Atlantic Sturgeon.
Posted November 10, 2009 in The Media and the Environment
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 of the Xinhua article below... A Philadelphia Inquirer editorial on issues surrounding natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania mentions that NRDC has already asked Congress to tighten gaps in the federal Clean Air Act to protect communities from drilling and production emissions... NRDC consultant Sarah Glickman spoke with the Miami Herald about the benefits of using energy efficiency to meet growing energy needs...
Popular Costa Rican newspaper El Mercurio published an article detailing Jacob Scherr's most recent trip to Chile; the piece focused largely on Jacob's work with local NGOs to oppose the construction of a large, destructive, dam in Patagonia... Ani Youatt, director of NRDC's Mexico and Peru Biogems projects, spoke with Scientific American about current efforts to protect the Vaquita, a porpoise species on the verge of extinction... While Brad Sewell discussed a petition he filed requesting that Atlantic sturgeon be added to the endangered species list in the Maryland publication Salisbury Daily Times...
