Posted November 7, 2011 by John H. Adams in Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
I just had one of the most energizing days of my life. I spent Sunday standing with as many as 15,000 people in an enormous circle around the White House. All of us came to tell President Obama to reject...continued→
Posted October 20, 2011 by John H. Adams in Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
On November 6, I will be leading a group of NRDC members and experts to the White House. The last time I visited 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, I had the honor of receiving the Medal of Freedom in recognition of what...continued→
Posted June 23, 2011 by John H. Adams in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
Here's an idea. Let's let the governor of West Virginia decide how much coal waste gets dumped into rivers flowing into North Carolina. How about the folks in Kentucky do the same for their neighbors in Tennessee. While we're at...continued→
Posted June 8, 2011 by John H. Adams in Green Enterprise, U.S. Law and Policy
President Obama recently nominated John Bryson for the position of Secretary of Commerce. I have known Bryson for more than 40 years, and I have watched with admiration as he excelled as a both a business leader and a public...continued→
Posted April 20, 2011 by John H. Adams in Moving Beyond Oil, Reviving the World's Oceans
Skirting the banks of the Mississippi River in the last few miles before it gives itself over to the Gulf of Mexico, it’s easy to imagine you’re nearing some far end of the Earth. High tide swamps the roadway. Great...continued→
Posted February 18, 2011 by John H. Adams in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
This week, I had the extraordinary honor of receiving the Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama. I accepted this honor on behalf of the people who really made it possible: the staff and supporters of NRDC. I am just...continued→
Posted January 4, 2011 by John H. Adams in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Incoming New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation a much needed boost today, by selecting Open Space Institute (OSI) president Joe Martens as its new commissioner. I have worked closely with Joe for many years,...continued→
Posted October 5, 2010 by John H. Adams in Curbing Pollution, U.S. Law and Policy
Forty years ago, a very distinguished group of lawyers fought to stop Con Edison from building a power plant on Storm King Mountain in the Hudson Highlands. They soon realized that a public interest law firm should be established so...continued→
Posted September 14, 2010 by John H. Adams in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment
Forty years ago, Congress passed the Clean Air Act of 1970. That same year, with a group of colleagues we founded NRDC, and we spent the next four decades using the Clean Air Act to improve the health of millions...continued→
Posted March 11, 2010 by John H. Adams in Moving Beyond Oil
The oil and gas industry spent a record $168.3 million in lobbying expenses in 2009, and a good deal of it was directed to blocking clean energy and climate legislation. That is a staggering number, but after my 40 years...continued→
Posted September 17, 2007 by John H. Adams in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
People think of the Catskills and they think of "Dirty Dancing." But really, it's about barns and cows and fishing and hiking. The first fly fishermen fished in the Neversink and the Beaverkill. We have a great river system, trout...continued→
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