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Got Time? On effective activism	Umbra Fisk	07 Feb 2005	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, If an environmentalist has about six hours per week to devote to activism, what should the person do to make the biggest, most positive impact? Some people (like myself) think that climate protection is a key leverage point -- but is it? If yes, why, and what is the best way activists can help protect the climate? (And what's a leverage point anyway?) Ann Graton, Calif. Dearest Ann, Such a good question, and so important that ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, climate, grassroots activism, green living, NRDC, placemaking (all these topics)

On the Right Track New Republican leaders emerging in battle against climate change	Amanda Griscom Little	04 Feb 2005	Muckraker
Last week, an international task force co-chaired by Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe (Maine) predicted a fast-approaching "point of no return" for climate change -- possibly in as few as 10 years -- after which the crisis and its symptoms will be irreversible. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine). You probably didn't read about it in the U.S. papers, which largely ignored the ...
Topics: climate, energy, Muckraker, NRDC, politics (all these topics)

Hollywood Golightly An interview with Hollywood eco-crusader Laurie David	Amanda Griscom	16 Jun 2004	Main Dish
Those who are quick to snub Hollywood environmental activists as dabblers in eco-chic or peddlers of a pet cause would likely have a change of heart after shooting the breeze with Laurie David. Laurie David Photo: Tierney Gearon. David began her career booking comedians for David Letterman and met her husband Larry David -- co-creator of Seinfeld and creator and star of Curb Your Enthusiasm -- ...
Topics: celebrity, consumerism, education, environmental justice, environmental movement, green living, greenwashing, interview, NRDC (all these topics)

H2Oops EPA exaggerated claims about clean drinking water	Amanda Griscom	16 Mar 2004	Muckraker
That sinking feeling. The U.S. EPA claims it is successfully protecting the nation's drinking-water supplies -- but that claim seems to have sprung a leak. Earlier this month, the EPA's Office of the Inspector General accused officials in the agency of consistently making bogus statements about improvements in the quality of America's tap water. The charges are spelled out in a tellingly titled report: &q ...
Topics: health, Muckraker, NRDC, politics, toxics, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Who's the Greenest of Them All? NRDC's new Santa Monica building may be the most eco-friendly in the U.S.	Amanda Griscom	25 Nov 2003	Powers That Be
Do you realize we are gathered in what must be the greenest building in the United States?" Natural Resources Defense Council Executive Director Frances Beinecke asked a crowd of well-scrubbed Californians gathered for the opening ceremony of the organization's new SoCal headquarters in Santa Monica. Swilling mimosas and nibbling croissants on the building' ...
Topics: California, energy, green building, NRDC, renewable energy, Robert Redford, United States (all these topics)

The Sound and the Worry Okinawan sea life likely to suffer under Navy sonar deal	Jeff Shaw	23 Oct 2003	Main Dish
Every year, scuba divers make tens of thousands of excursions into the waters off Okinawa, Japan, drawn by the spectacular array of sea life on display. Soon, though, that sea life may be blasted out of the water by an unwelcome sonic barrage. The Okinawan coast is not clear. Photo: Jeff Shaw. Almost everywhere in the world except in this patch of ocean, denizens of the deep won a reprieve t ...
Topics: East China Sea, Japan, marine life, NRDC, oceans, politics, US Navy (all these topics)

Paper Promises A review of Bronx Ecology and Tilting at Mills	William Shutkin	14 May 2003	Arts and Minds
These are tough times for environmentalists, what with the Bush administration's frontal assault on environmental policy, drastic funding cuts and layoffs in state environmental programs, and the aftermath of a war in Iraq fought, in the opinion of many, over our nation's undying addiction to oil. It's thus fitting, if somewhat disheartening, that along come two books whose central message is that it's n ...
Topics: business, green living, New York, NRDC, recycling (all these topics)

Hogwash		17 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
Hogwash The U.S. EPA unveiled new livestock-waste regulations yesterday designed to keep billions of pounds of unhealthful pollutants out the nation's waterways annually. The rules, which were issued in compliance with a court mandate from a 1989 lawsuit brought by the Natural Resources Defense Council, will require some 15,500 factory farms to obtain government permits to dispose of live ...
Topics: food and agriculture, NRDC, politics, pollution and waste, US EPA (all these topics)

A Hard Rowe to Hoe		26 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
A Hard Rowe to Hoe Some heavyweight funders have ponied up $10 million to create a National Commission on Energy Policy, pulling together former members of the Bush and Clinton administrations and representatives from industry and environmental groups to recommend a long-range energy plan for the United States. Over the next two years, the commission intends to develop a "centrist approach" between Republicans and ...
Topics: energy, NRDC, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Respirators Still Needed in Yellowstone		12 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
Respirators Still Needed in Yellowstone Rolling back a Clinton-era decision that would have banned snowmobiles in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks by the upcoming winter, the Bush administration plans to place no limits on snowmobiles until December 2003 and then to cap the number of snowmobiles at 1,100 per day. For the past decade, the parks have had an average of 840 snowmobiles ...
Topics: National Park Service, national parks, NRDC, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Outward Boundary		12 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
Outward Boundary In a federal lawsuit over the legality of a new Navy sonar system said to harm marine animals, the Bush administration is challenging the scope of one of the most important pieces of U.S. environmental legislation, the National Environmental Policy Act. The act requires federal agencies to review the environmental implications of their projects, but the Justice Department ...
Topics: Department of Justice, marine life, NRDC, politics, United States (all these topics)

Killer! Whale Suits		08 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
Killer! Whale Suits 'Tis the season to sue over whales. Environmentalists in the Pacific Northwest announced this week that they plan to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service over its decision to deny protected status to orca whales in Puget Sound. In June, the NMFS found that the local orca population, which has declined 20 percent since 1996, does indeed face p ...
Topics: marine life, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest, NRDC, oceans, United States (all these topics)

Beached Wails		25 Jul 2002	Daily Grist
Beached Wails You might want to think twice before you head out with your sunscreen and towel this weekend. The number of sewage-tainted beaches is on the rise, jumping 19 percent between 2000 to 2001, according to a report released yesterday by the Natural Resources Defense Council. The group said that 13,410 beach closings and water advisories were issued by government agencies in 2001, ...
Topics: NRDC, oceans, solid waste treatment and disposal, water pollution (all these topics)

No Absurd Headline Necessary		22 Mar 2002	Daily Grist
No Absurd Headline Necessary The U.S. Department of Energy is preparing to claim that Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force did all it could to involve environmental groups in planning the Bush administration's energy plan. Last month, a federal court ruled in favor of the Natural Resources Defense Council and ordered the department to release as many as 14,000 documents relat ...
Topics: Department of Energy, environmental non-government organizations, NRDC (all these topics)

Patriot Missiles		06 Dec 2001	Daily Grist
Patriot Missiles Hopping aboard the post-Sept. 11 anti-terrorism bandwagon, some Republicans have set their sights on so-called eco-terrorists. U.S. Rep. Scott McInnis (R-Colo.) and six other Republicans have asked mainstream environmental organizations to publicly disavow groups like the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front, which have claimed responsibil ...
Topics: animal welfare, Earth Liberation Front, Greenpeace, NRDC, politics, Sierra Club (all these topics)

Boxer Comes Out Swinging		28 Jun 2001	Daily Grist
Boxer Comes Out Swinging The Natural Resources Defense Council said it would file a lawsuit today against the U.S. EPA for ignoring a congressional deadline to have a plan in place by last Friday to reduce arsenic levels in drinking water. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said she and several other senators would file papers in support of the NRDC lawsuit. In March, the Bush administration suspended ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, NRDC, politics, toxics, water pollution (all these topics)

Send Us the Bill		14 Jun 2001	Daily Grist
Send Us the Bill Former Energy Secretary Bill Richardson was elected late last week to serve on the board of trustees of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Karen Golembeski, Richardson's spokesperson, said he was drawn to the group "primarily for its work on global climate change." Some folks in the know expect Richardson to run for governor of New Mexico next year. Richardson served in the House and as the U.S.'s amb ...
Topics: Bill Richardson, NRDC (all these topics)

Marching to a Different Beat	Ben White	14 Feb 2000	Muckraker
Enviros of different stripes disagree on a lot of issues, but many have lamented in unison the recent absence of a full-time environmental writer at the New York Times. Got a hot story in need of some serious national ink? Whom do you call? USA Today? The news mags? The networks? Sure -- you call them all. But everyone knows that the biggest impact comes when the Old Gray Lady springs into action. Word on the street is that the empty slot ...
Topics: climate, Environmental Defense Fund, environmental non-government organizations, Muckraker, NRDC, politics (all these topics)

Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner	Ben White	05 May 1999	Muckraker
California State Senator and environmental booster Byron Sher (D) sent out invitations to a fundraiser recently and listed State Sen. Ray Haynes (R) among his supporters. Trouble is that Haynes is what you might call a movement conservative, given to labeling people like Sher "clean-air Nazis" and "environmental wackos." Sher's office explained the incident to the Riverside Press-Enterprise as a "typographical err ...
Topics: air pollution, Florida, Muckraker, NRDC, oil and gas drilling, politics, Texas, United States (all these topics)

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