Blueprint for Going Green by Gerald P. McCarthy - 9780813950723

Name: Blueprint for Going Green by Gerald P. McCarthy - 9780813950723
Brand: University of Virginia Press

University of Virginia Press

Blueprint for Going GreenHow a Small Foundation Changed the Model for Environmental Conservation\nAuthor(s): Gerald P. McCarthy\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Virginia Press, United States\nImprint: University of Virginia Press\nISBN-13: 9780813950723, 978-0813950723\nSynopsis\nHow one organization took on industrial pollution--and the lessons for our new century\n\n In 1977, one forward-thinking judge took an ecological disaster--the poisoning of the James River by Allied Chemical--and turned it into a great environmental-protection legacy. The $8 million payment made by Allied would go on to fund the game-changing Virginia Environmental Endowment.\n\nBlueprint for Going Green provides an insiders account of the remarkable results of this landmark ruling and the foundation it spawned. Over the following decades, the VEE helped to grow the fledgling environmental movement in Virginia into a powerful force for protecting the states water quality and conserving its landsca.