Conservation Law Foundation » Letter to Editor http://www.clf.org For a thriving New England Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:23:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 My New York Times Letter to the Editor http://www.clf.org/blog/massachusetts/my-ny-times-letter-to-the-editor/ http://www.clf.org/blog/massachusetts/my-ny-times-letter-to-the-editor/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:50:59 +0000 John Kassel http://www.clf.org/?p=6722 Today’s New York Times contains a letter to the Editor I wrote in response to an article published in this weekend’s Sunday Review. See below for a copy of that letter, as it appears in today’s paper. You can also click here to view it on The New York Times website.

To the Editor:

Re “Environmentalists Get Down to Earth” (news analysis, Sunday Review, Dec. 18):

It would be hard to find “a tougher moment over the last 40 years to be a leader in the American environmental movement” only if your sole focus is the national debate. All the rest of us — at the local, state and regional levels — have known for years what the nationals are only now realizing: we’ve got to engage people closer to where they live.

That’s also where we’ll make positive changes on energy and other big issues. The article cites good examples: coal plants, fracking and clean water. Progress on those issues is not happening in Congress. In state and regional arenas, it is.

For those of us who have worked there these last 40 years, the time for our earthbound experience, savvy and skills has arrived. It’s actually a great time to be in the environmental movement. We’re pleased to welcome national organizations to the action.

JOHN B. KASSEL
President
Conservation Law Foundation
Boston, Dec. 18, 2011

 

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