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Frances Beinecke –
President of NRDC
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Posted May 17, 2013 in Health and the Environment
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- BLM, colorado, drillpads, drinkingwater, fracking, frackingchemicals, frackingwaterpollution, naturalgas, naturalgasdrilling, pennsylvania, publiclands, texas, water
When I talk to people who live near fracking operations, they often ask me the same question: “What is this doing to my drinking water?” Homeowners have shown me jugs of water from their kitchen sinks that look like rusty...continued→
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Lizzeth Henao –
Program Assistant
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Posted May 17, 2013 in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably
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- beverlyhills, beverlyhillsbiking, bicyclekitchen, bicycling, bikemonth, biketoworkday, biketoworkweek, biking, chandlerbikeway, losangelesbiking, SantaMonica, santamonicabikelane, westholllywoodbikehub, westhollywood, westhollywoodbiking
This week I’ve been doing something that many consider foolish at best, dangerous at worst. I’ve been biking to work in LA’s notorious rush hour traffic. The 11-mile commute from Los Angeles to Santa Monica cuts through four cities (Los Angeles,...continued→
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Denée Reaves –
Program Assistant, International
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Posted May 17, 2013
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- chile, climate, costarica, energy, international, latinamerica, latinamericanews, mexico
Latin America Green News is a selection of weekly news highlights about environmental and energy issues in Latin America. May 13-May 17 Chile According to the Minister of the Presidency, Cristian Larroulet, one of the government’s priorities will be securing the...continued→
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Brad Sewell –
Senior Attorney
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Posted May 17, 2013 in Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, U.S. Law and Policy
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Today marks an important day for sharks off our Atlantic coast and in the Gulf of Mexico. Responding to a petition filed by NRDC in February, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) today...continued→
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Sylvia Fallon –
Senior Scientist
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Posted May 17, 2013 in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
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- baydelta, biogems, california, endangeredspeciesact, fish, fishing, salmon, voicesforamericaswildlife
Happy Endangered Species Day! To cap off our week-long series on farmers and fishermen who support endangered species protections for salmon and other fish in the Bay Delta, we present this video of Jacky Douglas, captain of the Wacky Jacky, a...continued→
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Dana Gunders –
Project Scientist, Food and Agriculture
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Posted May 17, 2013 in Living Sustainably
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- farming, food, foodefficiency, foodtips, foodwaste, footprint, wastedfood
Sustainable America recently published a poll about American attitudes on food and fuel. Overall, numbers from this poll showed higher sensitivity and better practices around food waste than any that I’ve seen before. One might write that off to polling...continued→
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Briana Mordick –
Staff Scientist
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Posted May 16, 2013 in Health and the Environment, Saving Wildlife and WIld Places
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- BLM, blmfrackingrule, fracking, gasdrilling, hydraulicfracturing, naturalgas, oilandgas
With the release of its revised draft rules for hydraulic fracturing, BLM signaled to industry that it’s business-as-usual when it comes to oil and gas drilling and fracking on public lands. And it also signaled to the people who live,...continued→
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Stefanie Tanenhaus –
MAP Energy Fellow
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Posted May 16, 2013 in Curbing Pollution, Solving Global Warming
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- ab32, airquality, california, cleanenergy, global warming pollution
In the face of daunting challenges, California stands strong as a national leader on climate action, according to experts who testified today at a state Senate committee hearing on climate change and implementation of the state’s clean energy law, AB...continued→
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Matthew McFeeley –
Attorney
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Posted May 16, 2013 in Health and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
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This afternoon, the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released new proposed rules to govern fracking on publicly owned lands managed by the federal government. This includes wild places like National Forests and National Wildlife Refuges. But it also includes...continued→
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Doug Obegi –
Staff Attorney, Western Water Project
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Posted May 16, 2013 in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
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- baydelta, california, endangeredspeciesact, fishing, salmon, voicesforamericaswildlife, water
As we prepare to celebrate Endangered Species Day this Friday, the website Voices for America’s Wildlife is highlighting stories from around the country about why farmers, fishermen, hunters, businessmen, faith leaders, Tribal leaders, and many others support protections for wildlife...continued→
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Kelly Coplin –
Water Program Assistant
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Posted May 16, 2013 in Saving Wildlife and WIld Places, U.S. Law and Policy
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- baydelta, baydeltaconservationplan, BDCP, california, californiawater, chinook, CVPIA, salmon, virtualriver
This April NRDC released an issue paper highlighting five Southern California urban water agencies’ plans to reduce their reliance on water from the Bay-Delta ecosystem and the Colorado River. If fully implemented, by 2035 these agencies could save 40 billion...continued→
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Briana Mordick –
Staff Scientist
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Posted May 16, 2013 in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment
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- fracking, gasdrilling, hydraulicfracturing, naturalgas, oilandgas, science
Welcome to the first in a series of blogs that will attempt to separate science from fiction on subjects including hydraulic fracturing, oil and gas production, geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide, and more. Hydraulic fracturing, a practice used in the...continued→
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Aliya Haq –
Water and Climate Policy Advocate
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Posted May 16, 2013
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- adaptation, climate, climateandwater, climatechange, climatedisruption, climatepreparedness, climateresilience, FEMA, GAO, globalwarming, taxpayers
The thoughtful and wonky gang over at the Government Accountability Office quietly released a major study this week that makes climate change a little more concrete regarding our nation’s infrastructure. According to the GAO, federal agencies are doing a poor...continued→
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Frances Beinecke –
President of NRDC
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Posted May 16, 2013 in Reviving the World's Oceans, Solving Global Warming
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- arctic, arcticdrilling, arcticocean, arcticouncil, BP, kerry, offshoredrilling, oil, oilspills, shell, sweden
As Secretary of State John Kerry headed to the Arctic Council meetings in Kiruna, Sweden this week, he described the way melting ice is altering life in the Arctic. “Our warming planet means the Arctic's ecosystem is experiencing significant, rapid...continued→
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Danielle Droitsch –
Director, Canada Project
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Posted May 16, 2013
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- biogems, canada, climate, dirtyoil, harper, interational, keystonexl, oilsands, tarsands
Canada’s Prime Minister Harper is set to speak before the Council on Foreign Relations to push a pro-tar sands agenda defending against growing opposition to the influx of tar sands to the United States. The Prime Minister's newest appeal comes as the...continued→
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Peter Lehner –
Executive Director
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Posted May 16, 2013
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- ARPA-E, cleanenergy, climate, doe, efficiency, energy, moniz, renewableenergy, standards
“A low-carbon economy is absolutely critical,” Ernest Moniz told senators at his nomination hearing. As widely anticipated, Moniz, a former top Department of Energy (DOE) official and head of MIT’s Energy Initiative, was confirmed today as the new Secretary of...continued→
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