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Joshua Hersh

Keystone XL Contract Reveals More Evidence Of Conflict Of Interest

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 03.09.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The contract assigning a third-party company to investigate the environmental impacts of the Keystone XL project adds to questions about...

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Keystone Pipeline Fight Is Not Over

Renee Parsons | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Obama Keystone Xl, Keystone Pipeline, Keystone XL, Bill Mckibben, Keystone XL Pipeline, Transcanada, Nrdc, National Resources Defense Council, Transcanada Pipeline, Green News
Renee Parsons

As Bill McKibben and his environmental supporters bask in a well-deserved satisfaction of the now-infamous Keystone XL pipeline denial, a close reading of the president's statement indicates reason for concern.

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Michael McAuliff

Erasing The EPA: GOP Strategy Would Roll Back Decades Of Protection

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Environmental Regulations, Environmental Deregulation, 112th Congress Gop, Ben Cardin, Epa, National Resources Defense Council, Elections 2012, EPA Targeted, Regulation, Tea Party Environmentalism, Henry Waxman, Environmental Protection Agency, House Gop Epa Restrictions, Video, Barbara Boxer, Gop Epa, Environment, Deregulation, Mercury, Republicans Environmental Deregulation, 112th Congress, Air Pollution, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- America's environmental protections are under a sweeping, concerted assault in Congress that could effectively roll back the federal gov...

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Jordan Howard

Waxman Calls House Most Anti-Environment 'In History'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Howard | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Policy, House Natural Resources Committee, National Resources Defense Council, Environment, Appropriations, 112th Congress, Henry Waxman, Newt Gingrich, Sierra Club, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- During the 112th Congress, the Republican House majority has taken aim at issues ranging from labor protections to women's right to choo...

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Jordan Howard

Green Groups Struggle With Obama's Mixed Environmental Record

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Howard | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Obama Envioronmental Record, Environmentalists, Keystone XL Pipeline, National Resources Defense Council, Elections 2012, League of Conservation Voters, Barack Obama Reelection, Green Groups, Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Environment America, Barack Obama, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- When Barack Obama was elected president, environmentalists believed a new age of environmental protection and conservation had come. But...

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Jordan Howard

House GOP To Push Anti-Environment Provisions

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Howard | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Obama Veto Threat, President Obama, Clean Water Act, National Resources Defense Council, Appropriations, Department of Interior, 112th Congress, Mike Simpson, Sierra Club, United States Department of Agriculture, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans are looking to appropriations bills they plan to debate when they return from recess in September as an opportunity to...

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The Dirtiest Beaches In NYC

Bed-Stuy, NY Patch | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: New York City Beaches, Manhattan Beach, Coney Island, Nrdc, Ny News, National Resources Defense Council, New York News, Orchard Beach, New York News

The Natural Resources Defense Council released its annual beach water quality report yesterday and found water at a total of 134 beaches in the five b...

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Report: Illinois Beach Water Among Nation's Most Contaminated

Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Water Contamination, Environmental Policy, Beaches, Chicago Beaches, National Resources Defense Council, Illinois, Environmental News, Testing the Waters Study, Illinois Beaches, Beach Closings, Chicago News

Illinois beaches located along the shores of Lake Michigan are home to some of the highest contamination levels in the country, a National Resources D...

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Congress Considers Drilling On The West Coast

2011-03-16-Screenshot20110316at9.39.25AM.jpeg | Susanne Rust | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: California Oil Drilling, Oil Drilling, California Congress, California Offshore Oil Drilling, National Resources Defense Council, Nrdc, Offshore Oil Drilling, Los Angeles News

Nearly a year after a BP oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico and created one of the largest environmental catastrophes of all time, federal lawmake...

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Changing Courses: A Farmer's Call to Action

Wendy Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nrdc, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Food, Growing Green Awards, Climate Change, The New York Times, Union Square Farmers Market, National Resources Defense Council, Breezy Apple Orchards, Green News
Wendy Gordon

If global climate change is a product of humans, then farmers must join with everyone else to make serious changes in how they do business. The nation's food supply hangs in the balance.

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Utah Approves Strip Mine Near Bryce Canyon National Park

AP | PAUL FOY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coal Mine, Utah Board of Oil Gas Mining, Alton Coal Development, National Resources Defense Council, Bryce Canyon, Utah Wilderness, Sierra Club, Strip Mine, National Park, Denver News

SALT LAKE CITY — A coal company claimed victory Tuesday when a Utah state board rejected a legal challenge brought by environmental groups that ...

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WATCH: A Tribute To The Inane Comments Of BP CEO Tony Hayward

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Tony Hayward, BP Oil Spill, Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Oil Spill Gulf of Mexico 2010, Nrdc, National Resources Defense Council, Video, Green News

The NRDC has compiled a video tribute, weaving together some notoriously ridiculous statements made by BP CEO Tony Hayward with the tragic images of t...

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Cynthia Stafford's $112 Million Lotto Prize And How She Uses It To Give Back

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Philanthropy, Cynthia Stafford, Lottery, Lottery Winner, Giving Back, National Resources Defense Council, Unicef, Kids in the Spotlight, Geffen Playhouse, Impact News

Cynthia Stafford has always had a generous streak. As a child, Stafford donated her allowance money to UNICEF to help other children around the world....

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EPA Vows Tougher Action On Factory Farms

The New York Times | SINDYA N. BHANOO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa Factory Farm Regulation, Environmental Protection Agency, Factory Farm Regulation, Epa, National Resources Defense Council, Factory Farms, Epa Factory Farms, Animals, Green News

Bowing to pressure from advocacy groups, the Environmental Protection Agency will step up efforts to monitor the nation's thousands of factory farms....

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James Cameron Goes Green

Deborah Schoeneman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nrdc, Slideshow, Avatar, National Resources Defense Council, James Cameron, James Cameron Avatar, Kcrw, James Cameron Interview, Los Angeles News
Deborah Schoeneman

Last night, James Cameron took a break from the awards circuit to talk about the praise and criticism from the environmental community about Avatar.

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No Impact Week: Consumption and Garbage

Molly Greenwood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nrdc, No Impact Week, Reduced Consumption, Local Food, National Resources Defense Council, Green, Low Impact Living, Sustainability, Global Warming, Carbon Footprint, Green News
Molly Greenwood

Looking at the garbage and recycling bins under my own kitchen sink yesterday, it struck me that most of the stuff I end up throwing away consists of packaging.

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Environmental Groups Try To Block Parts Of California's Green Building Code

latimes.com | Margot Roosevelt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green, Schwarzenegger, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sierra Club, California Green Building Code, Nrdc, National Resources Defense Council, Los Angeles News

Environmental groups are mounting a last-ditch effort to derail key elements of the state's first-in-the-nation green building code -- a major initiat...

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Walking the Talk -- My Week of Environmentally Responsible Living

Shravya Reddy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: No Impact Week, Reduced Consumption, Local Food, Green, Sustainability, Low Impact Living, Global Warming, Carbon Footprint, Nrdc, National Resources Defense Council, Green News
Shravya Reddy

For an environmentalist in America wishing to minimize his or her footprint, New York City is one of the better choices -- less sprawl, more compact living, and a public transit system.

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The Growing Green Awards...Need You!

Laurie David | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fedele Bauccio, Nrdc, Huffington Post, Bon Appetit, Growing Green Awards, National Resources Defense Council, Green News
Laurie David

We want you to nominate your local farmers, favorite slow food chefs, or most inspiring food industry leaders for the 2010 Growing Green Awards.

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