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Used Grease: Might Not Stop Global Warming, But It Helps

Used Grease: Might Not Stop Global Warming, But It Helps

USA Today discusses the US Tennis Association’s move towards sustainability at the US Open with the guidance of NRDC; Allen Hershkowitz points out that the USTA’s actions strongly state that “we all need to lighten our impact on the planet”… WNBC talks with Donna De Costanzo about the future of renewable energy in New York… In an Associated Press article picked up by International Herald Tribune, David Doniger talks excitedly about the growing support for a “sectoral approach” to cutting back global warming emissions at the UN climate conference in Ghana… John Walke explains the failure of federal carbon emissions caps in the Financial Times… The LA Times reports two major trucking companies have broken with the American Trucking Association, and agreed to do business with the Ports of LA under the new clean truck rules NRDC pushed to develop; Adrian Martinez is quoted… In a Salon.com how-to article on turning used food oil into car fuel, Rich Kassel explains that while “we'll never solve global warming by relying on used grease from the corner diner… every little bit helps.”

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adrianmartinez, allenhershkowitz, AP, ATA, biofuels, carboncaps, daviddoniger, donnadeconstanzo, financialtimes, globalwarming, johnwalke, latimes, portoflosangeles, renewableenergy, richkassel, salon, USAT, USTA, WNBC

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