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Posted May 14, 2012 by Jacob Scherr in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming, The Media and the Environment
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- earthsummit, earthsummit2012, oceans, racetorio, rio+20, rioplus20, uncsd2012, unitednations
It is easy to feel depressed about the state of the Rio+20 preparations after the recent two weeks of “informal informal” negotiations at the United Nations in New York. The governments managed to reach agreement on less than two dozen...continued→
Posted May 14, 2012 by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
Kate Sinding was interviewed on WAMC (upstate NY public radio) about NRDC’s fracking and wastewater report, which found that there are inadequate solutions to dealing with the potentially billions of gallons of hazardous wastewater… The Environmental Leader also extensively quoted...continued→
Posted May 11, 2012 by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
In an Associated Press piece, picked up by the Washington Post, Zak Smith commented on a report that shows the Navy may hurt more dolphins and whales by using sonar and explosives in Hawaii and California than estimated in previous...continued→
Posted May 11, 2012 by Daniel Rosenberg in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, The Media and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
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- BPA, cancer, chemicals, flame, formaldehyde, retardants, takeouttoxics, toxics, TSCA
This week the Chicago Tribune published a remarkable 4-part series about the chemical industry and its deeply dishonest campaign to perpetuate the use of toxic flame retardants in household products. This series is essential reading for every parent, every person...continued→
Posted May 10, 2012 by Barry Nelson in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, The Media and the Environment
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- coloradoriver, media, rivers, water, waterpolicy, watersupply
Robert Redford’s new film about the Colorado River, called Watershed, can now be viewed online as part of the Whole Earth “Do Something Reel Film Festival” (for a modest fee of $5.99). The film is extraordinarily well done. It’s beautiful, informative,...continued→
Posted May 10, 2012 by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
The San Jose Mercury News published an op-ed by Damon Nagami about the threat fracking poses to California's natural resources and communities… Henry Henderson spoke with Stateline news service for a piece on the rapidly changing landscape of state fracking...continued→
Posted May 9, 2012 by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
The Associated Press quoted Thom Cmar about an announcement that the Obama administration would expedite the study of solutions to the Asian carp invasion of the Great Lakes, saying “spending the next year-and-a-half ruling out options that the corps should...continued→
Posted May 7, 2012 by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
Amy Mall commented in a USA Today piece on the Obama administration’s new set of rules for oil and gas drilling on public land, calling the decision a “critical first step” but warned that “much more needs to be done”...continued→
Posted May 4, 2012 by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
Following the administration’s release of proposed federal rules for fracking on public lands, the Wall Street Journal quoted Amy Mall commending the administration for reducing the potential for water contamination, but expressing disappointment with a loosened chemical-disclosure requirement… Amy was also...continued→
Posted May 4, 2012 by Kim Knowlton in Health and the Environment, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, The Media and the Environment
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- carbonpollutionstandardclimatehealth, climatechange, climatehealth, extremeevents, flooding, globalwarming, hurricanes
Though I’m a scientist, accustomed to statistics and hard facts, I’m increasingly unsettled by the extreme weather events we experience so much these days. The increases in heavy rainstorms, floods, and droughts that climate scientists have long projected would accompany...continued→
