WRI Featured Podcasts WRI is an environmental think tank that goes beyond research to create practical ways to protect the Earth and improve people's lives. Our program focuses on activities to reverse damage to ecosystems, expand participation in environmental decisions, avert dangerous climate change, and increase prosperity while improving the environment. http://www.wri.org/ Environment http://images.wri.org/logo_wri_podcast.jpg WRI http://www.wri.org/ 65 134 en-us jtalbot@wri.org lauralee@wri.org World Resources Institute (WRI) World Resources Institute 2007 WRI: Environment and People World Resources Institute environment, environmental policy, climate change, sustainable development, transport, transportation, world resources, natural resources, energy, Kyoto Protocol, Climate Convention, UNFCCC Science Environmental stories to watch in 2007 Briefing Remarks by Jonathan Lash at a National Press Club Briefing (December 19, 2006). (Jonathan Lash, President, World Resources Institute) http://www.wri.org/pubs/podcasts.cfm#briefing_compressed.mp3 http://www.wri.org/pubs/podcasts.cfm#briefing_compressed.mp3 World Resources Institute (WRI) World Resources Institute (WRI) Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:47:00 GMT Remarks by Jonathan Lash at a National Press Club Briefing (December 19, 2006). (Jonathan Lash, President, World Resources Institute)

In this fourth in a series of annual briefings, WRI President Jonathan Lash briefed journalists on five key environmental issues to watch in 2007:

  • The prospects for federal legislation to curb greenhouse gas emissions;
  • Biofuels and the Agriculture Bill;
  • A promising experiment to reduce pollution of the Chesapeake Bay;
  • Fast moving developments in climate science and technology;
  • Prospects for international action on climate change.
(Jonathan Lash, President, World Resources Institute) Science 35:08 http://images.wri.org/logo_wri_podcast.gif