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

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Summary: Inspiring, grassroots approach to environmentalism
Review: Activists John Cronin and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., wade through the murky Hudson River, sneak onto corporate property, confront corrupt officials, take the polluters to court, and patrol the river in the Riverkeeper boat. The theme that emerges is that the best place to start improving the environment is in our own neighborhoods. Very inspiring.

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Summary: Where is the river?
Review: After reading this book, I know a bit more about Cronin's divorce and Kennedy's recovery from substance abuse than I do about the Hudson River.

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Summary: Information everyone under sixty should know
Review: An unparalleled, unflinching reminder of how far the environmental community has come since 1970, and how far it has to go. The biggest highlight of the text is also environmentalism's greatest challenge, the war against complacency. We should be able to fish for our supper, breathe clean air, drink pure water, etc. Two men from far different backgrounds stood up and said "so, why aren't we?" Especially thrilling to this former Republican was the chapter "Barbarians at the Gate" which discusses Newt Gringrich and the "Republican Revolution" and their attempts to thwart existing environmental regulations. Who knew Gingrich was a member of the Sierra Club? I have given away seven copies of this book and have read it myself over twenty times. I highly recommend it to anyone who plans to be alive for the next twenty or thirty years.

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Summary: Information everyone under sixty should know
Review: An unparalleled, unflinching reminder of how far the environmental community has come since 1970, and how far it has to go. The biggest highlight of the text is also environmentalism's greatest challenge, the war against complacency. We should be able to fish for our supper, breathe clean air, drink pure water, etc. Two men from far different backgrounds stood up and said "so, why aren't we?" Especially thrilling to this former Republican was the chapter "Barbarians at the Gate" which discusses Newt Gringrich and the "Republican Revolution" and their attempts to thwart existing environmental regulations. Who knew Gingrich was a member of the Sierra Club? I have given away seven copies of this book and have read it myself over twenty times. I highly recommend it to anyone who plans to be alive for the next twenty or thirty years.

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Summary: American Environmentalism
Review: Cronin and Kennedy offer a hopeful and reasonable approach to environmentalism by documenting the great strides that citizens have made along the Hudson River. One of the most common critisims of environmentalism is that it fails to take the livelihood of workers into account. The authors show that this doesn't have to be the case and that protecting our environment can actually ensure better job security.
Along with the specific example of the Hudson River, the authors go through the variety of federal laws that have been put in place to protect communities and show how they were able to use those laws to go up against some of the most powerful industries in the country.
Anyone doubtful of the power of regular citizens in this country would find "The Riverkeepers" a refreshing read.

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Summary: American Environmentalism
Review: Cronin and Kennedy offer a hopeful and reasonable approach to environmentalism by documenting the great strides that citizens have made along the Hudson River. One of the most common critisims of environmentalism is that it fails to take the livelihood of workers into account. The authors show that this doesn't have to be the case and that protecting our environment can actually ensure better job security.
Along with the specific example of the Hudson River, the authors go through the variety of federal laws that have been put in place to protect communities and show how they were able to use those laws to go up against some of the most powerful industries in the country.
Anyone doubtful of the power of regular citizens in this country would find "The Riverkeepers" a refreshing read.

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Summary: More than I bargained for
Review: I bought this book thinking it would offer a profile of environmental activism that could be turned into action by others- I wanted to see how they did what they did. This I got, but also much more. This a most enlightening book, superbly written, difficult to put down. You get not only a history of environmental activism on the Hudson River, but a brief history of same in the U.S., complete with philosophical underpinnings. If you don't know how corporations act in the U.S., or how government complicity coddles them, read this book. If you THINK you know, read this book. If you are at all concerned about your rights as a citizen, and how they relate to the environment, read this book! An important, gripping work, at once hopeful and dismaying- and certainly inspiring.

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Summary: This book is all ego
Review: I was hoping for a book about the Hudson River. What I got was a smug self-portrait by two guys who think they, and they alone, are the river's salvation. I wanted to learn less about Cronin's and Kennedy's coming-of-age stories, and more of the Hudson and its predicament. The necessary book about the Hudson is, I suppose, yet to be written.

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Review: I'd order all my books from them if i could, plus it supports a charity. It got here quickly and in good condition. Completely satisfied

Rating:
Summary: Great service, best yet
Review: I'd order all my books from them if i could, plus it supports a charity. It got here quickly and in good condition. Completely satisfied