NRDC in the News: Winter 2008

"FROM BMW TO HONDA, FROM CHRYSLER TO VOLKSWAGEN, the industry is rushing to make vehicles that use less gasoline or don't rely on it at all....'Companies that want to thrive in a world where carbon matters and there's $80-a-barrel oil can't just swing for the fences' with one big effort like the Volt or a Toyota plug-in hybrid [said Roland Hwang, senior policy analyst with NRDC]."
-- From "Getting to Green," the New York Times, October 24, 2007

"ACROSS AMERICA, THE PICTURE IS CRITICALLY CLEAR: the nation's freshwater supplies can no longer quench its thirst. Water managers will need to take bold steps to keep taps flowing . . .'We've hit a remarkable moment,' said Barry Nelson, a senior policy analyst with [NRDC]. 'The last century was the century of water engineering. The next century is going to have to be the century of water efficiency.'"
-- From "Much of U.S. Could See a Water Shortage," Associated Press, October 26, 2007

"'ALL THE INFORMATION WE HAVE points to industrial oil shale development as an enormous threat to our environment and a huge backward step,' says Amy Mall, a senior policy analyst with [NRDC]. There is no question that any large-scale oil shale development would dramatically affect the area [in Colorado], and the problem of how to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions has not yet been solved."
-- From "Oil From a Stone," Fortune, November 12, 2007