skip to main content

Natural Resources Defense Council

Switchboard

Nancy Stoner's Blog

Issues: Health and the Environment

Study Confirms that Green Spaces Are Good for People, Not Just Fish

November 12, 2009

Posted by Nancy Stoner in Health and the Environment

Tags:
beaches, cleanwater, greeninfrastructure, greenroofs, greenspace, LID, lowimpactdevelopment, runoff, smartgrowth, stormwater

Sometimes when people learn that my job is to help clean America's waterways, they assume I care about more about fish than people. The truth is that the best way to keep dirty stormwater and other urban pollution out of our rivers...

Chesapeake Bay water – and users – to benefit from Senate bill

October 19, 2009

Posted by Nancy Stoner in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
beachwater, chesapeakebay, waterpollution, waterprogram

Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., has introduced a bill to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay. Standing at Sandy Point State Park, a popular beach destination that has been plagued in the past with periodic episodes of bacteria pollution, I could...

A Surprise Way to Keep Our Beaches Clean: Pass a Climate Bill

September 1, 2009

Posted by Nancy Stoner in Health and the Environment , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
beaches, beachreport, beachwater, energyandclimate2009, globalwarming, pollution, sewage, stormwater, testingthewaters

For the more than two decades I have been working to clean up our nation's beaches and waterways, the Clean Water Act has been the primary tool of my trade. But this year, I have a new solution to turn...

With Beach Closings on the Rise, It's Time to Pioneer Clean Water Solutions

August 10, 2009

Posted by Nancy Stoner in Health and the Environment

Tags:
beachreport, beachwater, cleanwateract, deadzone, greeninfrastructure, greenroofs, lowimpactdevelopment, nutrients, sewage, simplesteps, stormwater, testingthewaters

I spent most of last week talking to reporters about NRDC's 19th annual beachwater quality report, Testing the Waters. I walked them through our findings: that that there were more than 20,000 times when beaches were deemed unhealthy for swimming--mostly...

LIVE CHAT: What You Should Know Before Heading to the Beach

May 21, 2009

Posted by Nancy Stoner in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment

Tags:
beaches, beachwater, greenchat, pollution, testingthewaters, waterprogram

Heading to the beach this summer? Before you go, chat live with NRDC's Nancy Stoner on May 21 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern about beachwater pollution and tips for protecting yourself and your family from waterborne illnesses. Nancy heads the team...