CODE GREEN Articles & Commentary

Paul Achitof is Managing Attorney for Earthjustice’s Hawai’i office. He gives us an update on efforts to ensure oversight of biopharmaceutical developments, growing drugs in food crops. LISTEN (7 min)

Wendy Richardson author of Just the tips man, for Protecting the Environment talks about how to explain environmental issues to kids.LISTEN (12 min)Also more info on her blog.

Betsy talks with with Al Gore about An Inconvenient Truth. LISTEN (Part 1, 12 min) Part 2 (5 min)

Shana Weber talks with with Francesca Grifo, Director of the Scientific Integrity Program for the Union of Concerned Scientists about EPA Scientists Protesting Pending Pesticides Approvals via a letter sent to EPA’s Director. The fact that this letter had to be sent at all is an utter disgrace but, even more disgraceful, is the likelihood […]

NRDC’s Daniel Hinerfeld presents An Inconvenient Truth with Al Gore and co-producer Laurie David. LISTEN (8 min)More up to date information in the blog. You can also read the book.

Shana Weber reflects on an ongoing disinformation campaign by the Competitive Institute and Felix Kramer, Founder of CalCars talks  about Plug-In-Hybrids. LISTEN (7:50 min) More information on Hybridcars.com

Darby Hoover coordinates NRDC’s campaigns to promote the use of recycled paper products by US colleges with a 3 ponged approach: paper procurement, use reduction and recycling. Destroying precious forests to produce disposable tissues is the reason for targeting Kimberly Klark and pressuring the pulp and paper industry to change its ways. LISTEN (8 min) […]

Demian Schane, Staff Attorney with Earthjustice – Juneau office explains  how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has authorized the giant Coeur d’Alene Mine corporation to operate the Kensington Project and dump millions of tons of gold mine tailings directly into pristine Lower Slate Lake. LISTEN (8 min)

Dan Lashof, Science Director with NRDC‘s Climate Center explains the limits of the new energy policies announced by President Bush and what can be done to really end America’s oil addiction.LISTEN (7 min)