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Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, Director International Program, Washington, D.C.
For over 20 years, I have worked with partners from too many countries to count as an environmental advocate. I started off working for IUCN's Environmental Law Center in Germany - working mostly in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Then I moved to the Environmental Law Institute where I worked with partners in Eastern Europe and Latin America. And now for over a decade, I have been with NRDC working first in Canada on wildlands, energy and climate issues and more recently directing our international work around the world while focusing my personal advocacy on fighting expansion of tar sands extraction in Canada. I am inspired by the incredible hard work and dedication I see every day to protect the environment. And sometimes I am discouraged that we are still fighting so many of the battles that were on the table when I started this work. But that is the nature of environmental work - it is a continual effort to make the world a better place for us, for our children and for those who come after.
Recent Posts
Posted January 25, 2012 by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming
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- dirtyfuels, keystonexl, oilsands, riders, tarsands
Yesterday, hundreds of “referees” gathered on Capitol Hill and blew the whistle on the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Those referees were back in action this morning at the House energy subcommittee hearing on a proposal by Representative...continued→
Posted January 24, 2012 by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming
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- biogems, dirtyfuels, keystonexl, oilsands, riders, sotu, tarsands
In giving the official Republican response to tonight’s State of the Union address, Indiana Governor Daniels pushed a tar sands pipeline that would put our health and safety at risk to benefit the oil industry. Echoing the wildly exaggerated jobs...continued→
Posted January 24, 2012 by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming
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- biogems, dirtyfuels, keystonexl, obamaspeech, oilindustry, oilsands, sotu, tarsands
After the State of the Union address tonight, we can expect Governor Daniels’ GOP response to sing the praises of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline which would put Americans at risk to benefit multinational oil companies. Keystone XL...continued→
Posted January 21, 2012 by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
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- anderson, biogems, dirtyfuels, general, keystonexl, oilsands, tarsands
Brigadier General (Retired) Steven Anderson is a crusader against dependence on oil and in our fight against climate change. He has been speaking out against TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline that would bring tar sands oil across America’s heartland to the Gulf...continued→
Posted January 20, 2012 by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz in Curbing Pollution, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
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- biogems, dirtyfuels, keystonexl, oilsands, riders, tarsands
Local communities are on the frontlines when it comes to the impacts of climate change and for the past few years we have seen mayors speaking out on the need to move off of high carbon fuels such as tar...continued→
Posted January 18, 2012 by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
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- biogems, dirtyfuels, keystonexl, obama, oilsands, riders, tarsands
Today, President Obama changed the rules of the game: he stood up to Big Oil’s bullying and rejected the massively destructive Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. The pipeline was rejected for all the right reasons. President Obama put the health and...continued→
Posted January 14, 2012 by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming
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- biogems, canada, dirtyfuels, enbridge, keystonexl, northerngateway, oilsands, tarsands
Guest Blog by Kenny Bruno, Corporate Ethics International. “A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy,” said British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper seems determined to prove it. As the hearings on the controversial Enbridge Northern Gateway...continued→
Posted January 12, 2012 by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
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- biogems, chamber, dirtyfuels, keystonexl, oilsands, riders, tarsands
The facts show that the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline will not help the American economy. Yet, in this morning’s State of American Business speech at the US Chamber of Commerce, once again the Keystone XL pipeline project was put...continued→
Posted January 9, 2012 by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming
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- biogems, dirtyfuels, keystonexl, northerngateway, oilsands, tarsands
Rather than preparing to listen respectfully to community members in British Columbia, the Canadian federal government is acting as a spokesperson for Big Oil accusing opponents of the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline of being “radicals” and “foreigners.” When it comes...continued→
Posted December 29, 2011 by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz in Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming
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- dirtyfuels, iran, keystonexl, oilsands, tarsands
The current threat from Iran to block oil movements through the Strait of Hormuz has some Republicans calling for approval of the Keystone XL pipeline that would bring tar sands oil from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast refineries. Energy...continued→
Posted December 23, 2011 by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming
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- dirtyfuels, keystonexl, oilsands, riders, tarsands
Updated as of December 26 On December 23, the House passed a "tax holiday" extension package that contains an unrelated provision to speed up a decision on the dirty energy Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. How does this help fight climate change?...continued→
Posted December 20, 2011 by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
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- dirtyfuels, jobs, keystonexl, oilsands, riders, security, tarsands
TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline that would bring tar sands oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast for export has become a central part of the debate in the United States about how we fight climate change. American leadership to...continued→
Posted December 18, 2011 by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming
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- biogems, keystonexl, obama, oilsands, riders, tarsands
Legislation headed to the House this week gives President Obama 60 days to decide whether to approve construction of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, which would carry the dirtiest oil on the planet mined and drilled from under...continued→
Posted December 16, 2011 by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
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- dirtyfuels, keystonexl, riders, tarsands
NRDC remains strongly opposed to any attempts by Republicans in Congress to force the President to expedite the review of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. The President has said it would take a least a year to do a...continued→
Posted December 16, 2011 by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
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- alberta, chiquita, dirtyfuels, keystonexl, oilsands, tarsands
I’m a banana-a-day kind of person and this morning my Chiquita tasted extra sweet knowing that the company has joined thousands of others who are speaking out against tar sands oil. Yesterday, Chiquita publicly confirmed that they want to...continued→
