Jon Devine's Blog
About
- Bio:
I'm a lawyer by training, but an ecologist at heart. Though I have long been fascinated by how the physical environment affects plants and critters and vice-versa, I chickened out on being a real scientist in college. So, I get my fix by working on issues related to the health of our surface waters and the aquatic ecosystem. I came to NRDC from EPA, where I worked on air pollution issues, an area that I was lucky to first learn about by working in the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. My family -- a partner who is a civil rights attorney and two sons who are fascinated by space, wizards, and bathroom humor -- are remarkably indulgent of my various environmental demands around the house.
- Roots in:
- Red Sox Nation
- Favorite place:
- Kent Island, New Brunswick -- a tiny island that is home to a Bowdoin College scientific station where I spent a fantastic summer studying Savannah Sparrows.
- Why "environmentalism" matters:
- Because you gotta breathe, you gotta eat, you gotta drink, and, goshdarn it, you gotta find someplace where you feel completely connected to everything else.
Recent Blog Posts
- Prosecuting Polluters Poorly (September 14, 2009)
- Internal Watchdog Says EPA Must Get Busy Protecting Waterways from Nutrient Pollution (September 1, 2009)
- Mountaintop, Flat-top . . . Let's Call the Whole Thing Off (August 11, 2009)
- Clean Water Champions Stand Up in the Senate (June 18, 2009)
- "It Always Takes A Woman" (April 14, 2009)
- Good News on the Water Front (April 2, 2009)
- Caring for U.S. water on World Water Day (March 20, 2009)
- Taking Out the Trash (February 12, 2009)
- Safe and Sufficient Water: A Presidential To-Do List (November 25, 2008)
- Beating A Dead Zone (October 22, 2008)
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