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In 1970, a group of young lawyers launched a new kind of organisation and helped secure the country's bedrock environmental laws. Ever since, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has harnessed its legal and scientific expertise to become one of the fiercest protectors of public health and the environment. In this recounting of NRDC's 50-year history, cofounder John Adams tells the ongoing story about fighting the world's most powerful polluters and winning. Alongside archival photography and insider accounts, Adams celebrates a half century of victories, everything from saving whales to getting lead pipes out of Flint, Michigan, to protecting treasured landscapes, like Alaska's Katmai National Park & Preserve. But the book is also a road map for the future, offering hard-won lessons on how to tackle problems that lie at the intersection of science and society. Today, as humanity faces the climate crisis, the stakes have never been higher nor the solutions more complex which is why NRDC remains uniquely positioned as the earth's best defense.
Contents
Table of ContentsLetter from Robert RedfordPreface by Alan HornForeword by Frances BeineckeIntroduction AcknowledgementsPart I: A Message From a Wounded PlanetHold the Salt Save the WhalesThe Battles for the BorealSound Science Speaks VolumesSolutions Spotlight: Taking One's MedicinePoison ControlSolutions Spotlight: A Growing ConcernDefending Our ShoresSea of IntranquilityThe Right to Clean WaterA Confluence of ExpertiseA Global ReachSolutions Spotlight: Sustainable With StylePart II: The Law of the Land (and Sea)American RevolutionariesPlaying DefenseSolutions Spotlight: The Extinction TradeCap-and-InvestSolutions Spotlight: On Higher GroundEnergy Efficiency, an Unsung HeroSolutions Spotlight: The Power Playing FieldPole PositionThe Battle for the NorthThe Land Manages UsVictories that Run DeepAll Eyes on ParisPart III: Standing TogetherLifting the CurtainSolutions Spotlight: The Political ShopWhen the Past Presents an Imminent DangerGoing Against the FlowFollow the PetcokeIn for the Long HaulsSolutions Spotlight: Trimming the WasteWhen Music Saves a Mountain-and Beer Saves the WaterRocky Times for Pebble MineU.S. Cities Take On the Climate CrisisSolutions Spotlight: Shining a Light on EquityEpilogue by Gina McCarthyNRDC Trustees 1970-2020Index
