April 24, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
As I write, places like Clarksville, Missouri and Grand Rapids, Michigan are under water, having been hit by severe rains and consequent flooding over the last wee… Continue reading
March 6, 2013
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MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry spoke with Frances Beinecke on a panel discussing the Keystone XL pipeline and the growing coalition of people who are fighting to stop it… Fran… Continue reading
March 4, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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USA Today has a good cover story on the many ways climate change is impacting the economy, the military, the environment and human survival. Continue reading
Share on FacebookJuly 27, 2012
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Linda Greer was quoted in a Wall Street Journal piece about its partnership with Wal-Mart, Patagonia, DuPont, and the apparel industry to make clothing material more sustainable …… Continue reading
May 9, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
The headline in Tuesday’s USA Today was shocking: “Obesity could affect 42% of Americans by 2030.” That is nearly triple the rate experienc… Continue reading
April 20, 2012
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Los Angeles Times quoted Luke Tonachel on a new NRDC report revealing consumers will save $68 billion annually once national fuel efficiency standards are fully implemented; USA Today an… Continue reading
February 22, 2012
by Linda Greer
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Linda Greer, Director, Health and Environment Program, Washington, D.C.
As Apple moves forward to address environmental problems in its supply chain, the opportunity is wide open to become a model for other companies to follow.
As… Continue reading
November 15, 2011
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Frances Beinecke spoke to the Oil and Gas Journal [subscription req'd] about the failure of the Federal government to enact any of the Presidential Oil Spill Commission’s recommend… Continue reading
August 31, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
One of the best ways to accommodate growth (as we must) without either exacerbating sprawl or disturbing the character of existing communities is by using so-calle… Continue reading
August 29, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Richard Florida, author, analyst, champion of great cities – and a fellow writer for The Atlantic – has picked 10 great city neighborhoods on the rise&… Continue reading
August 16, 2011
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NRDC News, NRDC News Team, NRDC Offices Worldwide An Inside EPA Blog [subscription required] post noted that Frances Beinecke emphasized the importance of considering shale gas production’s potential public health impacts at a DOE public hearing&… Continue reading
Share on FacebookJuly 8, 2011
by Amanda Maxwell
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Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC Chile
In a unanimous vote on Wednesday, Chile’s Congress banned of shark finning. The practice, in which shark bodies are thrown back into the ocean after the fin is cut off, has been b… Continue reading
May 26, 2011
by Max Baumhefner
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Max Baumhefner, Sustainable Energy Fellow, San Francisco Two days ago, a Gallup poll was released with the following headline: “In U.S., High Gas Prices May Make Many Get Fuel-Efficient Cars.” Less than 48 hours later, a USA Today article on the … Continue reading
Share on FacebookMarch 23, 2011
by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz
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Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, Director International Program, Washington, D.C. USA Today published an important story about the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline that would bring tar sands oil from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast. The article outlines the… Continue reading
Share on FacebookMarch 18, 2011
by Amanda Maxwell
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Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC Latin America
President Obama is preparing for his trip to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador on March 19-23, and highlighting the benefits that this trip will bring to the US economy. (USA Today,… Continue reading
December 14, 2010
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In the Beijing Review, Jake Schmidt discussed Copenhagen, Cancun, and the fate of the Kyoto Protocol as well as China’s role in the fight against climate change… In an Associated Press piece, Roland Hwang commented on the California Plug-I… Continue reading
Share on FacebookNovember 18, 2010
by Kaid Benfield
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The median size of a new single-family home in the US was around 2300 square feet in 2007, and crept up to around 2500 by 2008. But today the median home size has dropped to 2100 square feet, writes Cindy Perlman in USA Today.
Are McMansion… Continue reading
September 23, 2010
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USA Today carried an Op-Ed by Peter Lehner about lessons learned from the Gulf oil spill and the need to break our dangerous addiction to oil; another Editorial on a similar topic in the Charlotte Observer also quoted Peter… In the Miami Herald,… Continue reading
Share on FacebookSeptember 23, 2010
by Kaid Benfield
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Walmart plans to expand into urban markets with smaller stores that carry fresh food, writes Jayne O’Donnell in USA Today. O’Donnell reports that the giant retailer is looking for suitable locations in city environments across… Continue reading