Description
The environment, and the movement that grew up to protect it, is under attack-concerted and purposeful. Yet the need for solutions to pressing environmental problems grows more urgent each day. Teresa Heinz Kerry and Senator John Kerry describe how these issues unite people across party and ideological lines. From the San Juan Basin to the Gulf of Mexico to the South Bronx, from mothers on Cape Cod to Colorado ranchers, they found a vibrant coalition of people and communities deploying ingenuity, technology, and sheer will power to save the world they know and love. Now, in this passionate and personal book, Senator John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry shine the spotlight on an inspiring crosssection of these new environmental pioneers. The book combines intensive research with keenly observed personal experiences to present a portrait of Americans devoted to the natural diversity and spectacular uniqueness of our country. It also includes an extensive guide on where and how readers can get involved.
Author: John Kerry, Teresa Heinz Kerry
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 07/24/2018
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.61d
ISBN13: 9781541762589
ISBN10: 1541762584
BISAC Categories:
- Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection | General
- Political Science | Public Policy | Environmental Policy
- Biography & Autobiography | General
About the Author
John Kerry has served four terms as Senator from Massachusetts and is the former Secretary of State in the Obama administration. As ranking member and Chairman of the Fish and Marine subcommittee, he was able to write or rewrite laws affecting national fisheries, flood insurance, marine mammals, coral reefs, the Gulf of Mexico dead zone and to engage very directly in the battles over global climate change, alternative and renewable fuels and fuel efficiency standards.