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A Force for the Future: Inside NRDC's Fight to Save the Planet and Its People

A Force for the Future: Inside NRDC's Fight to Save the Planet and Its People


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An illustrated celebration of NRDC's 50-year battle to safeguard the planet, from the Clean Air Act to the Clean Power Plan. In January 1970, a handful of young attorneys gathered in borrowed office space in New York City to start a new kind of law firm. Their client? Planet Earth. Their target? Polluters. Over the past five decades, this fledgling group has grown into one of the nation's leading environmental advocacy organisations, with seven offices worldwide; a staff of 600 lawyers, scientists, and policy experts; and an activist network of more than three million members. In this abundantly illustrated volume, co-founder John Adams takes us inside some of NRDC's most challenging cases. First he demonstrates how sound science lies at the center of all NRDC's work and is a guiding principle in the organisation's efforts to tell the public the truth about what's happening in the local environments around them, what matters to public health, and, of course, how to combat the global threat of climate change. We then learn how NRDC helps craft effective environmental legislation and regulations at every level of government - including landmark bills such as the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act. And lastly, Adams describes NRDC's signature strategy of holding businesses and governments accountable for their actions - most recently, by filing more than 100 lawsuits against a presidential administration intent on rolling back the environmental protections put in place through a half century of bipartisan effort. This book is not just a valuable record of all that NRDC has done to protect the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the places we treasure. It also provides a forward-facing glimpse into how an organisation evolves and takes charge in the creation of a new vision for the future of the planet and its people. AUTHOR: John H. Adams cofounded NRDC-the nation's first environmental advocacy group-in 1970, serving as the organisation's first executive director and later as its president until 2006. Throughout his career, Adams has received various awards, including the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom. Adams is currently the chair of the board of the Open Space Institute and sits on the boards of numerous environmental organisations, including NRDC.

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents Letter from Robert Redford Preface by Alan Horn Foreword by Frances Beinecke Introduction Acknowledgements Part I: A Message From a Wounded Planet Hold the Salt Save the Whales The Battles for the Boreal Sound Science Speaks Volumes Solutions Spotlight: Taking One's Medicine Poison Control Solutions Spotlight: A Growing Concern Defending Our Shores Sea of Intranquility The Right to Clean Water A Confluence of Expertise A Global Reach Solutions Spotlight: Sustainable With Style Part II: The Law of the Land (and Sea) American Revolutionaries Playing Defense Solutions Spotlight: The Extinction Trade Cap-and-Invest Solutions Spotlight: On Higher Ground Energy Efficiency, an Unsung Hero Solutions Spotlight: The Power Playing Field Pole Position The Battle for the North The Land Manages Us Victories that Run Deep All Eyes on Paris Part III: Standing Together Lifting the Curtain Solutions Spotlight: The Political Shop When the Past Presents an Imminent Danger Going Against the Flow Follow the Petcoke In for the Long Hauls Solutions Spotlight: Trimming the Waste When Music Saves a Mountain-and Beer Saves the Water Rocky Times for Pebble Mine U.S. Cities Take On the Climate Crisis Solutions Spotlight: Shining a Light on Equity Epilogue by Gina McCarthy NRDC Trustees 1970-2020 Index

About the Author :
John H. Adams cofounded NRDC - the nation's first environmental advocacy group - in 1970, serving as the organisation's first executive director and later as its president until 2006. Throughout his career, Adams has received various awards, including the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom. Adams is currently the chair of the board of the Open Space Institute and sits on the boards of numerous environmental organisations, including NRDC.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780789213723
  • Publisher: Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
  • Publisher Imprint: Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
  • Height: 318 mm
  • No of Pages: 176
  • Weight: 1341 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0789213729
  • Publisher Date: 06 Aug 2020
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Inside NRDC's Fight to Save the Planet and Its People
  • Width: 235 mm


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