Mitchell interviews Scott Edwards of Food & Water Watch: Eco-Laws are Changing!

02/04/20 • 57 min

Behind closed doors and as furtively as possible, the Trump Administration is wreaking havoc on our water, air and soil. Federal lands and waterways are being subjected to lower standards far beyond the Clean Air & Water Acts and those traditionally of the EPA. Today’s show is bringing to light the shadowy activity of those Administration which are harming our environment and our health. The National Envronmental Policy Act is being discarded as thoroughly as they can by this Administration. For this, Mitchell interviews Scott Edwards,director of Food & Water Justice. He came to Food & Water Watch after spending eleven years with Waterkeeper Alliance, most recently as Director of Advocacy. Scott’s work at Waterkeeper involved designing and implementing strategies for a whole host of campaigns on issues such as industrial agriculture, mercury contamination, coal and military wastes. While at Waterkeeper, he was also very active in setting up programs in Asia, including China, India, Bangladesh and Nepal. Prior to getting his law degree and entering the practice of environmental law, Scott taught ecology and environmental sciences to New York City high school students. He works out of the New York office of Food & Water Watch. . Mitchell Rabin is the Founder, President and CEO of A Better World Foundation & Media, with a background in psychology stress management, acupuncture and social entrepreneurship. He is a counselor, and executive coach all as a means of educating and inspiring clients and students alike to lead others by modeling humane, eco-sensitive and integrity-based values. He has been a consultant to business leaders and CEOs of green and health-oriented start-ups over the past 25 years. He is an impassioned environmentalist and social entrepreneur using

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