The Riverkeepers: Two Activists Fight to Reclaim Our Environment as a Basic Human Right

Cronin, John; Kennedy, Robert F. Jr.

ISBN 10: 068484625X / ISBN 13: 9780684846255

Published by Simon and Schuster, New York, New York, 1999

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Trade Paperback. Illustrated glossy wrappers. Glued binding. 304 pages, appendix, index. 1st thus edition, 4th printing (no remainder mark). Foreword by Vice President Al Gore. CONDITION: FINE, binding square and tight, pages crisp and unmarked. Signed by R. F. Kennedy Jr. on flyleaf. >Guaranteed prompt shipment, secure packaging, and free tracking.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Riverkeepers: Two Activists Fight to Reclaim Our Environment as a Basic Human Right
• Publisher: Simon and Schuster, New York, New York
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 068484625X
• ISBN 13: 9780684846255
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st thus
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

A modern-day David and Goliath tale, The Riverkeepers is an impassioned firsthand account by two advocates who have taken on powerful corporate and government polluters to win back the Hudson River. John Cronin and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., tell us how we too can fight for our fundamental right to enjoy our invaluable natural resources.
Revealing shocking stories of commonplace environmental crime -- from drinking water tainted with hospital waste to fish populations contaminated by freely dumped PCBs -- Cronin and Kennedy describe their dramatic confrontations with more than ninety environmental lawbreakers. The Riverkeepers is a timely call to action that will resonate across America as the backlash spearheaded by congressional leaders and their major corporate allies threatens to reverse the hard-won victories in environmental law and policy.

About the Author

Al Gore is the co-founder and chairman of Generation Investment Management. He is also a senior partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and a member of Apple, Inc.’s board of directors. Gore spends the majority of his time as chairman of The Climate Reality Project, a non-profit devoted to solving the Climate Crisis.

Gore was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1976, 1978, 1980, and 1982 and the US Senate in 1984 and 1990. He was inaugurated as the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States on January 20, 1993, and served eight years. During the Administration, Gore was a central member of President Clinton’s economic team. He served as President of the Senate, a Cabinet member, a member of the National Security Council, and as the leader of a wide range of Administration initiatives.

He is the author of the bestsellers Earth in the Balance, An Inconvenient Truth, The Assault on Reason, Our Choice, and An Inconvenient Sequel.