by John Cronin | Jan 19, 2015 | Ecology, Environmental Justice, Ethics, Human Sustainability, Pollution, Poverty
James Gustave Speth: If there is a model it is the civil rights revolution of the 1960s. It had a dream. The dream of modern American environmentalism was founded on the dream of the American civil rights movement. You would not know it today. In his April 16, 1963...
by John Cronin | Apr 22, 2013 | General, Law & Policy, Pollution, Water
In 1969, Gaylord Nelson proposed the creation of an Earth Day. He was a United States Senator. It is hard to picture an elected federal official announcing that bold an initiative today. No, it is impossible. But so compelling was his proposal, it prompted President...