Environmental Issues Are Not Partisan |
8 October 04 |
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fought regional, national, and international environmental battles for decades. He is a senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), as chief prosecuting attorney for Riverkeepers; as president of the Waterkeeper Alliance; and as a clinical professor and supervising attorney for the Environmental Litigation Clinic at Pace University Law School.Kennedy says we all share a fundamental right to a clean and healthy environment, and he's as committed to protecting that privilege as his father and uncle were to advancing the civil rights movement. In his new book, Crimes Against Nature, which is his critique of the Bush administration's environmental policies, Kennedy expands upon the idea that corporate money and influence sully politics. Kennedy's message is unique because he makes it clear that his critique of the Bush administration is nonpartisan; his criticism is based on the fact that the cornerstones of America's environmental laws, which date back over 30 year, have been rewritten under the current administration. In June 2004 Mr. Kennedy visited northern Manitoba Aboriginal communities. View the Mother Earth News Article View the Manitoba Wildlands July 15, 2004 news item Source: Mother Earth News
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