Kennedy stressed energy independence and good economic policy during his speech Thursday at Wait Chapel. His voice is an important one when it comes to moving environmental issues forward in this country. Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (CEES) Executive Director Miles Silman talks […]
The Winston-Salem Journal interviewed Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. prior to his speech tonight at Wake Forest University. Read the profile here. Kennedy speaks tonight at 7 p.m. at Wait Chapel. The event is free and open to the public. For more information on the […]
Dennis Lemly believes in the power of information, even if at times, he wished it was a little more powerful. “They may choose to use it. They may choose not to use it. I don’t want any decision to be made without that information on […]
Inventors Digest just named Michael Crouse (BS ’10 MS ’12) one of the “Nation’s Top New Inventors”. Crouse developed the CEES website and is a frequent resource for the CEES communication team. Crouse also created the Acre+Care website which launched this […]
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. […]
