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Frances Beinecke was quoted in Environmental Magazine’s Earth Talk on the environmental implications of Obama’s State of the Union address and policies… Scott Slesinger spoke with Bloomberg BusinessWeek about Obama’s budget proposal to cut more than $40 billion in tax breaks for oil, gas and coal producers in the next decade and spend more for conservation and alternative energy, calling the proposal “forward-thinking”… Anthony Swift commented on a House Republican bill that would override Obama’s January rejection of a permit for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline in an Inside Climate News article…
Michael Jasny expressed concern in Canada’s Victoria Times Colonist about marine mammals exposed to sonar used by the Canadian Navy in Juan de Fuca Strait… In a Los Angeles Daily News article, Adrian Martinez commented on Los Angeles’ proposed recycling plan which supports the city’s recycling goals of recycling 90% of waste by 2025, saying the plan is a “key nut to crack to getting to zero waste”… Peter Hill discussed the cost and benefits of California’s revised renewable energy requirements in the Merced Sun-Star… An Environmental Magazine’s Earth Talk piece referred to an NRDC report, “U.S. Latinos and Air Pollution: A Call to Action,” highlighting the disproportionate health effects of air pollution on Latino populations in the U.S…