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 […]
Dean Najuoks, Yadkin Riverkeeper: Waterkeeper Alliance has done work in North Carolina. Talk about the Waterkeepers in Eastern North Carolina. Kennedy: I’ve been involved with factory farm pollution issues for almost two decades in North Carolina. That state has some of the strongest waterkeeper movements. […]
Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (CEES) CEES announces funding opportunities for research, scholarship, and working groups related to energy, environment and sustainability as broadly defined. The grants seek to provide new opportunities for research and scholarly activities at Wake Forest. Though the center has […]
Wake Forest University’s Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability is launching a new logo. The organization, now in its second year, works to promote critical thinking and effective action in sustainability research, policy and practices. The organization is an interdisciplinary group with […]
Christine Todd Whitman spoke to a packed auditorium at the Porter B. Byrum Welcome Center on September 19th. She stressed civic engagement as a key component to moving meaningful policy forward. CEES sponsored the event along with the School of Law and the […]
CEES Board Member Emily Wakild publishes a new book this fall that takes a closer look at the creation of Mexico’s national park system. The system’s history provides a unique opportunity to study how government and social forces can contribute to the idea of modern-day […]
