I became an environmentalist when I went to California for law school at Stanford. I felt awe a top Yosemite’s Half Dome and solitude on the shores of Pt. Reyes. When I went to Alaska to work for the court system, my Mom wondered exactly how far from home in Florida I felt the need to go. Perhaps it was Florida’s flatness that gave me a love for mountains. Alaska had plenty to explore. Young and idealistic, I traded the wilds of Alaska for the wilds of Washington, DC in 1991. I joined NRDC shortly after Bill Clinton was elected President. Each day I use my legal skills to protect our public lands and our voice in government decisions. While I yearn for the West’s open spaces now and then, I have grown to love Washington’s buzz and diversity. And nature is never far away. It is always a joy to walk the canal towpath with my husband and two daughters – even if it takes a few M&Ms to get a mile.
Posted November 3, 2011 by Sharon Buccino in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming
Today, the Obama Administration proposed more coal mining. The proposal would mine over 3,500 acres of federal coal near the town of Alton, UT. Much of the mine will be an open strip mine – removing up to 300 tons...continued→
Posted December 29, 2010 by Sharon Buccino in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, U.S. Law and Policy
In 1960, American author Wallace Stegner wrote, “We simply need that wild country available to us, even if we never do more than drive to its edge and look in. For it can be a means of reassuring ourselves of...continued→
Posted October 7, 2008 by Sharon Buccino in Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming
Terrific or terrible — this was the phrase that my nine-year daughter came up with as I pondered last minute changes to the title for the natural gas paper that I had been working on with my colleagues at NRDC...continued→
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