791 days ago From Fayette Observer   View Archived Article

FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA - The Natural Resources Defense Council considers the issue a wash when it comes to disposables in a landfill versus reusables in the laundry. "We don't recommend one over another," Allen Hershkowitz, a senior scientist at the environment ...

798 days ago From Wall Street Journal   View Archived Article

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - ... the Natural Resources Defense Council, published a report earlier this year in which it said that pipelines in Alberta that transport oil-sands crude, essentially bitumen diluted by lighter oil, had 16 times the number of spills of US pipelines. ...

804 days ago From NOLA.com   View Archived Article

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - "Without a real commitment to solve the problems that caused the blowout, official ceremonies to mark April 20 will become hollow affairs," wrote Peter Lehner, executive director of the Natural Resources Defense Council and one of the signe ...

809 days ago From San Francisco Chronicle    View Archived Article

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - John Hardy will sell 200 charity Bamboo collection bracelets made of cotton cord and recycled silver via CharityBuzz.com. On April 1st the bracelet will be available at the John Hardy Online Boutique (us.johnhardy.com) for $65 and will be shipped in ...

824 days ago From KIVI-TV   View Archived Article

BOISE, IDAHO - AP National Video More>> After tsunami waves, Calif. coastal town left to recover from damaged port, fishing industry More>> NEW YORK (AP) - The celebrity and luxury items being offered at a New York City auction to benefit four leading e ...

828 days ago From The Hill   View Archived Article

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI - =93What we're seeing now is a perfect storm,=94 said Bob Deans, federal communications director for the Natural Resources Defense Council. =93We have warships off Libya, we have soaring gas prices gouging America's families and we have oil in ...

830 days ago From UPI.com   View Archived Article

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - "Whole ecosystems are transported from one part of the world to another," said Thom Cmar, an attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council, one of the groups involved in the case. Under a settlement filed in the DC Circuit Court of Ap ...

835 days ago From Chicago News Cooperative   View Archived Article

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - The groups =97 the Prairie Rivers Network, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Sierra Club =97 gave notice to the reclamation district, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and Lisa ...

844 days ago From Jacksonville Daily Progress   View Archived Article

JACKSONVILLE, TEXAS - JACKSONVILLE =97 There is a difference between crude oil and diluted bitumen (Dilbit) =97 a big one, according to a report, =93Tar Sands Pipelines Safety Risks,=94 released by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the National Wildlife Federa ...

847 days ago From Peoria Journal Star   View Archived Article

PEORIA, ILLINOIS - ... Environmental Protection Agency from taking any action to clean up pollutants from coal-fired power plants, oil refineries and factory farms, said Henry Henderson, Midwest director for the Natural Resources Defense Council from his Chicago office ...

848 days ago From Neon Tommy   View Archived Article

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - ... from global warming to getting China to go Green to making sure all people have ... And just as charity begins at home, so does environmental activism, ...

851 days ago From MiamiHerald.com   View Archived Article

MIAMI, FLORIDA - Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, the director of the Natural Resources Defense Council international program and a report co-author, said the effect of the fast-moving oil was like "sand-blasting" the interior of the pipeline. The report said the pip ...

852 days ago From Lincoln Journal Star   View Archived Article

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA - The Natural Resources Defense Council, the Pipeline Safety Trust, the National Wildlife Federation and the Sierra Club jointly released a report called "Tar Sands Pipeline Safety Risks." In a prepared statement, Susan Casey-Lefkowitz of the ...

852 days ago From WNYC (blog)   View Archived Article

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - The agreement was hailed by officials and environmentalists alike, including attorney Eric Goldstein of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Goldstein noted that city water rate payers would bear the cost of purchasing the upstate lands, ...

853 days ago From San Francisco Chronicle   View Archived Article

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - "Water supply, ecosystem health, flood management - all these issues are interconnected," said Barry Nelson, senior policy analyst at the Natural Resources Defense Council. "Californians don't want to see the bay delta collapse and ...

858 days ago From Topeka Capital Journal   View Archived Article

TOPEKA, KANSAS - The study was done by MSB Energy Associates and the Natural Resources Defense Council for Great Plains Alliance for Clean Energy, a nonprofit organization ...

872 days ago From Mid-Hudson News   View Archived Article

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - ... EPA standards to reduce toxic, smog and soot pollution from industrial plants and other sources, according to the natural Resources Defense Council. ...

874 days ago From Malaysia Sun   View Archived Article

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - According to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), "average temperatures in the Arctic are rising twice as fast as they are elsewhere in the world. ...

880 days ago From Common Dreams (press release)   View Archived Article

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - Regan Nelson, senior oceans advocate for the Natural Resources Defense Council, made the following statement: "Creating a Bureau of Safety and Environmental ...

881 days ago From Hollywood Reporter   View Archived Article

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - ... four leading non-profit organizations: the Natural Resources Defense Council, Oceana, Conservation International and the Central Park Conservancy. ...