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The latest opinion and analysis from NRDC’s science, legal, and policy experts.

Under The Sea

Remember the Disney film " Little Mermaid ?" My kids loved it. But do you know that the original Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale on which it's based does...

March 12, 2009

The Polluter Pays Principle

Do people in the fiberglass or printing industries expect to get raw materials and parts for free? Do they expect their employees to work for free? I doubt it...

March 04, 2009

Red, White, Blue and Green

When I was a kid in Los Angeles, back when TV stations broadcast in black and white and Howdy Doody was a hit show, the label "Made in Japan" was a marker for...

February 26, 2009

A Three Hour Tour

At least Gilligan found an island. A few days ago, my Santa Monica colleague Melissa LinPerrella and I took our Beijing colleague Alex Wang and a small...

February 26, 2009

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