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No way to bee EPA knuckleheads hide info on pesticide implicated in colony collapse disorder	Tom Philpott	20 Aug 2008	Gristmill
So there's this insecticide called clothianidin that seems likely to be implicated in colony collapse disorder. By the EPA's own reckoning [PDF], clothianidin 'has the potential for toxic chronic exposure to honeybees, as well as other nontarget pollinators, through the translocation of clothianidin residues in nectar and pollen.' Over in Germany, the introduction of clothianidin coincided with a sudden bee die-off, so German authorities recently banned it. They reckon ...
Topics: animal welfare, litigation, NRDC, shenanigans, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

This Makes Us Crabby Is your favorite beach polluted?		29 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 2:08 PM on 29 Jul 2008 Photo: Tom Twigg American beaches "continue to suffer from serious water pollution that puts swimmers at risk," concludes the Natural Resources Defense Council in an annual report. There were 22,571 pollution-related closures or warning advisories on 3,516 beaches in 2007, says the report, second only to the all-time high 25,643 closures or warnings in 2006. NRDC attributed the decline to less rainf ...
Topics: green living, news, NRDC, placemaking, water pollution (all these topics)

All Your Base Are Belong to Us Major League Baseball going, going, green!		21 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 4:20 PM on 21 Jul 2008 Eco-friendliness has been seeping into pro baseball for a while, and now it's pretty much official: America's pastime has gone green. Major League Baseball partnered with NRDC at the start of the season to encourage teams to, um, win at sustainability. Head to a ball game near you, and chances are you'll toss your plastic beer cup into a recycling bin, gaze upon a solar-powered scoreboard, ...
Topics: green living, news, NRDC, sports (all these topics)

Y2.1K Ignoring climate change will cost U.S. big bucks, says group		23 May 2008	News
Posted at 11:34 AM on 23 May 2008 Doing nothing in the face of climate change would cost the U.S. $1.9 trillion a year (in today's dollars) by the turn of the next century, says a new report from green group NRDC. That includes big spending on severe-weather damage, real-estate losses, and energy and water costs. The NRDC report is aimed to counter claims that the Lieberman-Warner bill, set to hit the Senate floor in June, will s ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, economy, news, NRDC, United States (all these topics)

The Sound of Two Paws Clapping Green groups sue over polar bear listing		20 May 2008	News
Posted at 11:56 AM on 20 May 2008 In entirely expected news, green groups have sued over the Interior Department's listing of the polar bear as a threatened species -- or, more accurately, over Interior's caveats that the listing not be used as a means to fight global warming. The Center for Biological Diversity, Greenpeace, and NRDC say the bears should be listed as endangered instead of threatened, and that the listing sho ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, Department of Interior, endangered species, Greenpeace, litigation, news, NRDC, polar bears, politics (all these topics)

Ranch Blessing Greens and developer come to agreement in SoCal		08 May 2008	News
Posted at 1:58 PM on 08 May 2008 A long-running disagreement over what should be done with the largest swath of privately owned wilderness in southern California has been settled by a deal between green groups and a developer. Ninety percent of the 270,000-acre Tejon Ranch will be conserved, while 26,000 homes will be permitted on the remaining 10 percent. The Center for Biological Diversity, which was not involved in the truce, exp ...
Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, endangered species, grassroots activism, news, NRDC, Sierra Club, sprawl, wilderness (all these topics)

Lieberman-Warner is a mess Climate Security Act could be worse than the 2007 energy bill	biodiversivist	08 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Last year the Energy Independence and Security Act put into place mandates that will in all likelihood increase GHG emissions. The Lieberman-Warner act (critiqued by Sean here) could turn out to be just as ineffective. From an analysis [PDF] of the Energy Independence and Security Act by the NRDC: ... the requirement for renewable fuels, such as ethanol and biogasoline, will grow from 9 billion gallons in 2008 to 36 billion gallons in 2022. So far, so good, ...
Topics: biofuels, cellulosic ethanol, climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, NRDC, politics (all these topics)

Steel Yourself Labor and enviros join up for green-jobs campaign		08 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 12:40 PM on 08 Apr 2008 A new green-jobs campaign has been launched by the Sierra Club, NRDC, the United Steelworkers, and the Blue Green Alliance (itself a project of the Sierra Club and the steelworkers union). The Green Jobs for America campaign, moving forward on the momentum of last month's Good Jobs, Green Jobs conference, will be focused in 12 states and will aim to raise public awareness, encourage private investm ...
Topics: business, energy, grassroots activism, green jobs, news, NRDC, renewable energy, Sierra Club (all these topics)

Mysterious new pro-coal organization	David Roberts	01 Apr 2008	Gristmill
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Topics: coal, energy, funnies, NRDC (all these topics)

NRDC vs. me Blogger Nathanael Greene takes on Philpott re: biofuels	Tom Philpott	31 Mar 2008	Gristmill
The Natural Resources Defense Council evidently remains pretty sanguine about biofuels as a "solution to energy dependence and global warming."Over on the group's Switchboard blog, senior policy analyst Nathanael Greene recently took exception to some unkind words of mine on cellulosic ethanol. I responded in the comments section. I hope a robust debate follows.
Topics: cellulosic ethanol, NRDC, biofuels, energy (all these topics)

How I met your popster Clothing from Britney's guest role to be auctioned for NRDC	Sarah van Schagen	24 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Fallen popstar Britney Spears has a guest starring role on tonight's episode of How I Met Your Mother. And despite evidence that would predict otherwise, reviews suggest she pulls off the role fairly well. After the show, she'll be pulling off her clothes ...For charity, that is. Her wardrobe from the appearance -- including a navy print Juicy Couture dress, a yellow Nannette Lepore dress, and a cream Nannette Lepore cardigan with blue flower details -- will be p ...
Topics: celebrity, fashion, green living, NRDC, TV (all these topics)

White and NRDC Inquiry made into delayed polar bear decision, green groups sue		10 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 10:02 AM on 10 Mar 2008 Let's check in on the latest polar bear shenanigans, shall we? Two months after deadline, the Interior Department still has made no decision on whether Ursus maritimus should be listed as a threatened species. Spurred by a critical letter from environmental groups, the agency's inspector general has begun preliminary inquiries into why the decision is taking so long. Greenpeace, the C ...
Topics: Department of Interior, endangered species, Greenpeace, litigation, news, NRDC, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

Hot Fuzz Green groups will sue over feds' missed polar-bear deadline		09 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 11:55 AM on 09 Jan 2008 Discontented with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's announcement that it will not meet its deadline for deciding whether to list polar bears as a threatened species, the Big Three green groups -- Greenpeace, NRDC, and the Center for Biological Diversity -- have notified the government that they plan to sue. source:� Associated Press From the Archives Granite State U ...
Topics: climate, endangered species, Greenpeace, litigation, news, NRDC, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

A Playg on the Playground Green group finds some New Orleans playgrounds contaminated with arsenic		29 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
A Playg on the Playground Green group finds some New Orleans playgrounds contaminated with arsenic Some playgrounds and schoolyards in New Orleans may be contaminated with high levels of arsenic swept in by Hurricane Katrina, according to soil samples taken by the Natural Resources Defense Council. Government agencies, which have taken about 2,000 soil and sediment samples in the city, have continually insisted that the floo ...
Topics: Louisiana, news, NRDC, toxics (all these topics)

Flo Nays Federal judge halts Navy sonar exercises off California coast		07 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Flo Nays Federal judge halts Navy sonar exercises off California coast A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Navy to stop using mid-frequency active sonar in exercises off the Southern California coast through 2009. Noting that the Navy's own evaluation says the sonar exercises could disrupt marine mammal behavior in as many as 170,000 instances, Judge Florence-Marie Cooper fou ...
Topics: California, Department of Defense, litigation, news, NRDC, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

What top environmental orgs have to say about animal welfare They don't ignore it	Jason D Scorse	05 Dec 2006	Gristmill
In order to further elucidate the role of animal welfare issues in environmentalism, let us examine mission statements from some of the top environmental organizations in the world. Let's start with the first line of the mission statement from the World Wildlife Fund: 'Protecting natural areas and wild populations of plants and animals, including endangered species.' Notice that WWF talks about protecting wild animals independently of whether the ...
Topics: animal welfare, biodiversity, endangered species, environmental movement, NRDC, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics)

So That's Why It's Called Death Valley Climate change threatens national parks in the western U.S.		26 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
So That's Why It's Called Death Valley Climate change threatens national parks in the western U.S. Glacier National Park without glaciers? If global warming keeps on keepin' on, 12 of the most famous U.S. national parks are at serious risk, says a report released yesterday by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization. Temperatures in the Western U.S. have risen twice as fa ...
Topics: climate, national parks, news, NRDC, West (all these topics)

So Near, Yet Sonar Deal lets Navy make limited use of sonar in exercises off Hawaii		10 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
So Near, Yet Sonar Deal lets Navy make limited use of sonar in exercises off Hawaii A temporary ban on Navy sonar use has been lifted, after the Navy agreed to take steps to protect whales in return for the dropping of a lawsuit by the Natural Resources Defense Council. The Navy is in the midst of the world's largest naval war exercise near Hawaii; for the remainder of the exercise, mid-frequency active sonar will be ...
Topics: Hawaii, news, NRDC, oceans, US Navy (all these topics)

Movement Shakers Two eco-leaders -- one mainstream, one radical -- debate the movement's past and future	Kathryn Schulz	29 Mar 2006	Main Dish
Eric Mann. When Eric Mann first encountered environmentalists, he saw them as a bunch of "arrogant, racist airheads." When Frances Beinecke first encountered environmentalists, she felt she'd found her cause. Frances Beinecke. Nearly four decades later, both are tireless proponents of environmental sanity, but they work in very different ways. Mann is ...
Topics: environmental justice, heroes, interview, NRDC, politics, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics)

Sludge Dread Post-Katrina sludge puts kids at risk, says NRDC		23 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
Sludge Dread Post-Katrina sludge puts kids at risk, says NRDC Government officials have been downplaying the public-health risks posed by the post-Katrina sludge coating greater New Orleans, which is spiked with potentially dangerous levels of arsenic, lead, and petrochemicals. So says a new report by the Natural Resources Defense Council, based on U.S. EPA data. NRDC is urging the government t ...
Topics: Louisiana, news, NRDC, toxics, US Fish and Wildlife Service (all these topics)

Sonar, and Thanks for All the Fish References to naval sonar cut from report on mass whale stranding		20 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
Sonar, and Thanks for All the Fish References to naval sonar cut from report on mass whale stranding Sonar who? A federal government report on the stranding of 37 whales on North Carolina's Outer Banks last year conspicuously fails to mention the possible influence of naval sonar. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration investigator Teri Rowles says that although she initially su ...
Topics: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, news, NRDC, oceans (all these topics)

Polar Distress Enviro groups sue to get species-act protection for polar bears		16 Dec 2005	Daily Grist
Polar Distress Enviro groups sue to get species-act protection for polar bears This week's news about drowning polar bears got you all riled up? You're not the only one. Yesterday, three green groups sued in federal court to force the Bush administration to consider listing the bears as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Greenpeace, the Center for Biological Diversity ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, Greenpeace, news, NRDC, wildlife (all these topics)

That's Soil, Folks Officials understating health risks in New Orleans, say eco-groups		02 Dec 2005	Daily Grist
That's Soil, Folks Officials understating health risks in New Orleans, say eco-groups Louisiana state and federal regulators are not doing enough to warn the public about the health risks in New Orleans, say public-health advocates and enviros. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council and state eco-groups, soil in many parts of the city is contaminated -- sometimes heavily -- with a wealth of toxins, including carc ...
Topics: Louisiana, news, NRDC, toxics (all these topics)

Dearth Day Earth Day goings-on don't measure up to dark drama on Capitol Hill	Amanda Griscom Little	21 Apr 2005	Muckraker
Today, on the eve of the 35th anniversary of the first Earth Day, the House of Representatives is voting on, and widely expected to pass, a grossly porkified energy bill that would dole out billions in subsidies to fossil-fuel industries, shortchange alternative-energy and efficiency initiatives, and indemnify makers of the gasoline additive MTBE against liability for groundwater co ...
Topics: climate, energy, League of Conservation Voters, Muckraker, NRDC, politics, Sierra Club (all these topics)

Heavy Metal Madness Pombo eggs on mercury debate with controversial report	Amanda Griscom Little	24 Feb 2005	Muckraker
Pombo says: Eat up! House Resources Committee Chair Richard Pombo (R-Calif.) -- longtime bete noire of the environmental community -- cooked up what appears to be some fishy science in a report released last week titled "Mercury in Perspective: Fact and Fiction About the Debate Over Mercury" [PDF]. The report -- written not by scientists but rather by aides to Pombo and a ...
Topics: coal, energy, fishing, mercury, Muckraker, National Academy of Sciences, National Wildlife Federation, NRDC, politics, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

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