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The Pollution Solution That Will Make Us All Sick

Posted on May 23, 2012 by lzerbe| Leave a comment

By Rich Bindell, senior writer and blogger at Food & Water Watch

The path to a green economy is dotted with many mirages. Eco-compensation is one of them. World Resources Institute (WRI) describes eco-compensation as if it’s a just reward to companies for providing sustainable solutions to environmental problems, but it really just encourages business as usual for big polluters. It doesn’t solve the problem of poor water quality. In fact, it allows companies to profit while they continue to compromise our resources. It’s market-based pollution trading. Continue reading →

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9 Low-Tech Steps for Community Resilience in a Warming Climate

Posted on March 22, 2012 by lzerbe| Leave a comment

By Kaid Benfield, director of sustainable communities at Natural Resources Defense Council

heat vulnerability in the US (by: NRDC)

Over the past 50 years, our average global temperature has increased at the fastest rate in recorded history.  That is fact, not opinion.  Scientists say that under current trends, average US temperatures could be 3 to 9 degrees higher by the end of the century. Continue reading →

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The Gas Price Blame Game

Posted on March 16, 2012 by lzerbe| 2 Comments

by Peter Lehner, executive director, Natural Resources Defense Council

Every year when gas prices rise, politicians and pundits like to play the blame game. On Fox & Friends, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal blamed the Obama administration’s “radical environmental ideology” for high gas prices. (The latest Bloomberg poll, however, showed that most Americans do not blame the White House.) The Christian Science Monitor points the finger at India. Continue reading →

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Massive U.S. Support Emerges to Stop Keystone XL Pipeline

Posted on February 16, 2012 by lzerbe| 8 Comments

By Frances Beinecke, president of Natural Resources Defense Council

People from across the nation have come together in their opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline for dirty tar sands oil. Over the course of just 24 hours, Americans sent more than 800,000 messages to their senators condemning an effort to revive this dirty tar sands pipeline.

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Stopping the Keystone Pipeline—Act Now!

Posted on February 14, 2012 by lzerbe| 6 Comments

by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, director of the International Program at Natural Resources Defense Council

Americans from all walks of life who want to fight climate change and build a clean energy future have sent a clear message: the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is not in the national interest. Working with a large coalition of partners, our goal was to send a half million messages opposing the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline to the Senate in just 24 hours. Continue reading →

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How You Can Go Green This Year

Posted on January 10, 2012 by lzerbe| 2 Comments

 by Deirdre Imus, founder and president of The Deirdre Imus Environmental Health Center at Hackensack University Medical Center

As the New Year continues to breathe fresh—and, I hope, healthier—life into us all, The Worldwatch Institute, a global environmental research organization, has released its 12 Simple Steps for Going Green in 2012. Continue reading →

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The New York Fracking Debate: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Posted on January 10, 2012 by lhatfield| Leave a comment

by Kai Olson-Sawyer, research and policy analyst, GRACE Communications

As the last reverberations died from Governor Cuomo’s 2012 resounding New York State of the State address, it must be noted that not a single syllable was uttered about the controversial issue of hydraulic fracturing (fracking). No doubt, Cuomo and his advisors – aware of how inflammatory the topic has become in New York state (NYS) – made the political decision to sidestep it, and his silence spoke volumes. Just outside the Albany convention center where Cuomo was speaking, an anti-fracking rally called loudly for a permanent state ban on the practice. Continue reading →

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Fracking Waste Disposal Likely Cause of More Earthquakes

Posted on January 5, 2012 by lzerbe| Leave a comment

By Briana Mordick, science fellow at Natural Resources Defense Council

Injection of oil and gas waste water into a disposal well is suspected as the cause for a swarm of earthquakes around Youngstown, Ohio. A magnitude 4.0 earthquake on New Year’s Eve was the biggest of 11 earthquakes that occurred in the region since mid-March. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) halted injection at the suspected well and also suspended activity at four additional disposal wells that are not yet operational. A map showing these wells can be found here. Continue reading →

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Your New Biking Resolution Could Save Billions

Posted on December 22, 2011 by lzerbe| Leave a comment


By Jessica Lass, senior press secretary, National Resources Defense Council

Making the list for most New Year’s resolutions is a renewed commitment to exercise. In LA, we have the additional benefit of nice weather to encourage residents to stick to that resolution, but usually within the first few weeks of January or early February, it’s easy to let those exercise goals fall to the way side. Continue reading →

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Frack Attack! Save NYC!

Posted on November 29, 2011 by lzerbe| Leave a comment


By Kate Sindling, senior attorney at Natural Resources Defense Council

Tomorrow night is the final of four hearings being held by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (details here and below) on its most recent proposal to allow new fracking across major parts of the state.  This is NYC residents’ opportunity to tell Governor Cuomo to slow down because the state still has much work to do.  We have long argued that new gas development using the risky fracking technology should not be permitted in New York unless and until it has been demonstrated that it can be done safely.  We’re simply not there yet. Continue reading →

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