A recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal titled In Defense of Carbon Dioxide” suggests climate change isn’t a problem because plants need CO2 to grow. Climate writers call it a new low for climate denial. Continue reading →
Greenlaw from NRDC China, NRDC China Program, Beijing
April 26, 2013- May 2, 2013
NRDC has been working in China for over fifteen years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental law, … Continue reading →
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The April-May issue of Poder Magazine featured Frances Beinecke’s article on greening the sports industry through sustainable, energy-efficient, and low-impact facilities as well a… Continue reading →
Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC
Latin America Green News is a selection of weekly news highlights about environmental and energy issues in Latin America.
April 8-12, 2013
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The Italian energy company Enel&mdas… Continue reading →
Max Baumhefner, Sustainable Energy Fellow, San Francisco
A Wall Street Journal Op-Ed by Bjorn Lomborg, “Green Cars Have a Dirty Little Secret,” argues that even though driving on electricity emits half as much pollution as d… Continue reading →
Greenlaw from NRDC China, NRDC China Program, Beijing
NRDC has been working in China for over fifteen years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental law, and green supply chain issue… Continue reading →
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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 →
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NRDC’s comment letter to the Los Angeles City Planning Department regarding the proposed construction of a 72,000-seat football stadium and Convention Center expansion in downtown … Continue reading →
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The San Francisco Chronicle covered NRDC’s 2012 Growing Green Awards, which celebrated the nation’s food vanguards, and quoted Peter Lehner on the need to use life-saving ant… Continue reading →
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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 reduci… Continue reading →
Amanda Eaken, Deputy Director, Sustainable Communities, San Francisco
On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal ran a lengthy letter by California Senate President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg, in response to Wendell Cox’s April 7th pi… Continue reading →
Henry Henderson, Director, Midwest Program NRDC, Chicago, Illinois
Listen to the fracking fanatics in Ohio and you are likely to hear lots about the economic possibility, but a whole lot less about its economic and environmental liabili… Continue reading →
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Frances Beinecke was quoted in Forbes about Christie’s third annual Green Auction: Bid to Save the Earth to draw attention to the rampant water pollution in China, saying “Yo… Continue reading →
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David Pettit spoke with Bloomberg to discuss the federal government’s decision to sell new leases for oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico; this story was also covered by The Wall St… Continue reading →
Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
How the times have changed: while residential land prices in the US have fallen by a staggering 70 percent since 2006, the value of cropland has actually ris… Continue reading →
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Anthony Swift was quoted in a Bloomberg BusinessWeek story about Nebraska Gov. Heineman’s call for a special legislative session to consider ways the state may change the prop… Continue reading →
Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City Twenty-two years ago today, the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, dumping 11 million gallons of oil into a pristine ecosystem. Just three years before, my wife and I had kayaked through th… Continue reading →
NRDC has been working in China for over twelve years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental governance and public participation, and green supply chain issues. This China Environmental News Alert … Continue reading →
NRDC has been working in China for over twelve years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental governance and public participation, and green supply chain issues. This China Environmental News Alert … Continue reading →
China’s annual parliamentary session opened Saturday morning, with 3,000 National People’s Congress members and 2,000 members of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) gathered in the Great Hall of the People t… Continue reading →