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Rebecca Wodder, President
American Rivers ™
Current Campaigns
America's Most Endangered Rivers™ for 2011
For 26 years, American Rivers has sounded the alarm on 360 rivers through America’s Most Endangered Rivers report. The report is not a list of the “worst” or most polluted rivers, but is a call to action for rivers at a crossroads, whose fates will be determined in the coming year.
Sylvia Sankaran
Cookie Crumbles for Girl Scouts, as Teens Launch Palm-Oil Crusade
When Rhiannon Tomtishen and Madison Vorva found out that Girl Scout cookies were made with palm oil, which is destroying the forest homes of endangered wildlife like orangutans, pygmy elephants, and Sumatran tigers -- and displacing indigenous people -- they sprang into action. First, they stopped selling the cookies, and then launched an effort to encourage the Girl Scouts to switch ingredients to more environmentally friendly and healthier alternatives.
Do You Live and Work within a Nuclear Reactor Accident
Evacuation Zone?
You might be. One-third of Americans live within 50 miles of a nuclear reactor. Check out PSR’s new mapping tool to see if you fall within an evacuation zone and are at risk. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) mandates that nuclear operators have plans for a 10-mile radius in the event of an accident. However, in the ongoing Fukushima nuclear crisis, the NRC recommended a 50-mile evacuation zone for Americans.
NRDC Announces Winners of the 2011 "Growing Green Awards" Recognizes Farmers and Business Leaders in the Field of Sustainable Food and Agriculture
Selected from hundreds of nominees by an independent panel of sustainable food experts, NRDC is amplifying the voices and missions of honorees Jim Cochran of Swanton Berry Farm in Santa Cruz, CA, Pam Marrone of Marrone Bio Innovations in Davis, CA, Ann Cooper of Food Family Farming Foundation in Boulder, CO and Molly Rockamann of EarthDance in St. Louis, MO.
A Down Payment for Coastal Restoration, Vanishing Paradise commends first step toward rebuilding
Vanishing Paradise’s priority is to urgently implement coastal wetlands restoration along the U.S. Gulf Coast to protect America’s outdoors heritage and fund a five-year renewal strategy across the threatened Mississippi River delta, which will preserve the livelihoods of sportsmen and longevity of wildlife. This initiative was launched by Ducks Unlimited and National Wildlife Federation to nationalize their issues and educate members of congress.
The case for Tougher Pollution Standards
The air we breathe is under siege by many types of power plants that violate the Clean Air Act. Earthjustice and other champions aim to enact the strongest possible public health standards for boilers, power plants and cement kilns. Considering the cost of delaying the process to public health, Congress and the White House must act now to support tougher health protections.
Book Campaigns:
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Crass Struggle: Greed, Glitz, and Gluttony in a Wanna-Have World” By R.T. Naylor (McGill-Queen's University Press) |
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“In Deep Water; The Anatomy of a Disaster, the Fate of the Gulf, and How to End Our Oil Addiction” By Peter Lehner with Bob Deans (OR Books) |