In anticipation of his November 3rd keynote address, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. sat down with Yadkin Riverkeeper Dean Najuoks, for a conversation about politics, environmentalism and the impact of waterkeepers across America. Kennedy is the president of Waterkeeper Alliance. In the conversation, Kennedy […]
Dean Najuoks, Yadkin Riverkeeper: What was Waterkeeper’s involvement in the BP oil spill? Kennedy: A lot of times when you have a local disaster that is a continental-scale cataclysm of the kind that we had with BP, the people who are most affected don’t really […]
Dean Najuoks, Yadkin Riverkeeper: What would you say corporations need to protect our waterways? Kennedy: Corporations are great institutions. They drive American prosperity and encourage Americans to accumulate wealth; then, spend and risk it, which creates jobs. Business activity has made this country great, but […]
Dean Najuoks, Yadkin Riverkeeper: 2012 marks the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act. Where do you see Waterkeeper Alliance being most beneficial in the next couple of years and what do you think is the greatest threat to our nation’s waters? Kennedy: The biggest […]
Dan Najuoks, Yadkin Riverkeepeer: Tell us about the waterkeeper movement and Waterkeeper Alliance Kennedy: The waterkeeper movement began on the Hudson River in 1966 when a blue collar coalition of commercial and recreational fishermen mobilized to reclaim the river from polluters. We have one of […]
