"'What we are seeing is the revelation of a very uncertain and unrigorous regulatory system that fails to hold the petroleum industry accountable, from the extraction to the delivery of raw product to the refining and delivery of finished product,' said Henry Henderson, director of the Midwest program for the Natural Resources Defense Council."

-- From "Nearby Oil Spill Highlights Hazards in Area's Pipelines,"
New York Times, September 16, 2010



"'The EPA's new study needs "to be carried out with the utmost care to identify the full range of risks,' said Kate Sinding, senior attorney with the New York-based Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental organization. 'It is no exaggeration to say all eyes, both in the United States and around the world, are on EPA.'"

-- From "New Yorkers Spar Over U.S. EPA Study of Natural-Gas Fracturing,"
Bloomberg, September 14, 2010



"'Today's actions are premature," said Peter Lehner, executive director of the Natural Resources Defense Council. 'To ensure a disaster like this never happens again, we must know what caused it in the first place. We're still waiting for that answer.'"

-- From "U.S. Lifts Ban on Deep-Water Drilling,"
Washington Post, October 13, 2010