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"How one organization took on industrial pollution-and the lessons for our new century 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. Blueprint for Going Green provides an insider's 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 state's water quality and conserving its landscape. This inspiring story reveals how a small group can make a profound difference by engaging in public policy work, funding science to advance public policy, and helping to build a lasting and effective citizen-led environmental movement. "-- [Provided by publisher]
"A first-person account of the environmental movement in Virginia by the founding director of the Virginia Environmental Endowment, offering unique insights into environmental policy, public engagement, philanthropic leadership, and strategic grant making"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• A poisoned river : the disaster that started it all
• The judge's trust : how an unprecedented court ruling created the Virginia Environmental Endowment
• An independent board : establishing the Virginia Environmental Endowment
• Defining the new endowment
• Article XI : the conservation article
• Permission to pollute : the Clean Water Act
• The Clean Water Act in Virginia
• The Clean Water Act : a case study and new challenges
• Environmental policy in Virginia : how the Holton Administration laid the foundation for environmental improvement
• The updated mission of the endowment
• The public interest
• The Chesapeake Bay
• Clean Water and the growth of environmental advocacy
• Land conservation and the growth of environmental advocacy
• The Virginia Conservation Network
• Telling the stories
• Attitudes of Virginians about the environment : the first poll
• Follow the money : fiscal analysis and the 2 percent solution
• Environmental education : promoting environmental knowledge
• Science matters : fisheries management in the Chesapeake Bay

• Climate change.

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Author/Creator:

McCarthy, Gerald P., 1943- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Blueprint for going green: how a small foundation changed the model for environmental conservation [by McCarthy, G.P.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Blueprint for going green [by McCarthy, G.P.] (Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2024 — ISBN 9780813950723; LCCN 2023029011)

Subjects:

McCarthy, Gerald P., 1943-

Virginia Environmental Endowment

Virginia Conservation Network

Nature conservation — Virginia — History

Environmental policy — Virginia — History

Environmetalism — Virginia — History

Virginia — Environmental conditions

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 12, 2024).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

QH76.5.V8 M33 2024eb

ISBNs:

9780813950730 (electronic book)
0813950732 (electronic book)
9780813950723 (hardcover) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2023029012

OCLC Numbers:

1405905152

Other Control Numbers:

EBC7304407 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp305835229