Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Blankenship vs Kennedy on Coal
The Forum on the Future of Energy is a public forum that will include a conversation between Don Blankenship, chairman and CEO of Massey Energy, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., president of Waterkeeper Alliance and an environmentalist.

Part 1: Blankenship vs Kennedy on coal
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Nation should follow Colorado's lead
The Denver Post
March 25, 2010
Colorado is now claiming national leadership in American's transition to a new energy economy. Gov. Bill Ritter has quietly built a strong coalition including Colorado's largest utility, Xcel Energy, to support the proposed Colorado Clean Air-Clean Jobs Act.
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Poverty and tyranny central to immoral practice of mountain destruction, water and air poisoning
The Hill
March 10, 2010
The Appalachian forest is the oldest and richest ecosystem north of the equator, having survived the Pleistocene ice era and provided the seed stock that reforested the continent. Appalachia has 80 species of trees and more biodiversity per cubic meter than anywhere on the continent.
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Hope in the Mountains
Washington Post
March 25, 2009
Yesterday was a great day for the people of Appalachia and for all of America. In a bold departure from Bush-era energy policy, the Obama administration suspended a coal company's permit
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Block the Vote
Rollingstone
October 30, 2008
Will the GOP's campaign to deter new voters and discard Democratic ballots determine the next president? read more ›

Palin's Big Oil infatuation
Los Angeles Times
September 24, 2008
I was water-skiing with my children in a light drizzle off Hyannis, Mass., last month when a sudden, fierce storm plunged us into a melee of towering waves, raking rain, painful hail and midday darkness broken by blinding flashes of lightning. read more ›

Obama's energy plan would create green gold rush
CNN.com
August 25, 2008
Barack Obama is a transformational figure in American history who's been able to excite the same intensity of feeling among Americans as I saw during my father's 1968 campaign and my uncle John F. Kennedy's 1960 campaign. read more ›

A Wilderness, Lost in the City
New York Times
May 29, 2008
Many people are astounded to learn that there is a teeming wildlife preserve in New York City. Ridgewood Reservoir on the Brooklyn-Queens border is an oasis where an amazing range of plant and animal species thrive in a verdant landscape of steep hills and narrow valleys amid the city’s paved sidewalks.
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		"Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s American Heroes: Robert Smalls: The Boat Thief" read more ›

		"Crimes Against Nature" A powerful and far-reaching indictment of George W. Bush’s White House read more ›

Moving Towards a New Energy-Focused Economy
Morning Joe | msnbc.com ›

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., president of the waterkeeper Alliance, explains how to acquire energy from cheaper outlets using solar capabilities or conservation techniques and shares his thoughts on the prospect of a nuclear solution as an alternative source. Kennedy and panel also talk about the importance of the U.S. government investing in new energy policies.


			May. 8, 2012 Petro Plutocracy read now › Oct. 20, 2011 The Fracking Industry's War On The New York Times - And The Truth read now › June 9, 2011 The March on Blair Mountain: A Protest to Protect Our Jobs and Our Mountains read now › May 5, 2010 Sex, Lies and Oil Spills read now ›		Jan. 9, 2012 Mitt Romney's Test of Moral Fiber read now › Nov. 25, 2011 Big Carbon's Sock Puppets Declare War on America and the Planet read now › July 6, 2011 An Assault on Clean Water and Democracy read now › Jan. 11, 2011 Tucson: Time for Another Examination of Conscience read now ›


			Feb. 10, 2012 Is Bobby Kennedy pursuing a ‘radical ideological agenda’? read now ›


			Grassroots activism at its finest. Waterkeeper Alliance is an international advocacy organization founded by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to empower 137 local Waterkeeper programs who defend local waterways from polluters. Waterkeeper Alliance provides legal, scientific, and organizational resources to ensure effective and democratic vehicles for citizens to protect their most precious resource – water. Bobby is President of Waterkeeper Alliance. learn more › Riverkeeper’s mission is to safeguard the ecological integrity of the Hudson River, its tributaries and the watershed of New York City (protecting the city's drinking water supply) by tracking down and stopping polluters. Since 1983, Riverkeeper has investigated and brought to justice more than 300 environmental lawbreakers. Bobby is Chief Prosecuting Attorney for Riverkeeper. learn more ›