“You have shown us the way forward.  Congratulations.”    Bill Ruckelshaus

Uncle Sam and Mother Earth illuminates six decades of the environmental movement with intimate behind-the-scenes reporting.

Author Jake Plante relies on 30 years of federal environmental experience to examine how imperfect people and agencies administer our national environmental laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Air Act, Endangered Species Act, and National Park noise regulations.  The federal story is balanced with firsthand accounts of grassroots organizing to promote renewable energy and to protest tar sands shipments through Maine and nuclear power in New Hampshire.

The book’s unique blend of issues and events puts people at the heart of the story.  It begins with the leadership of the modern environmental movement from Rachel Carson in the 1960s to advocates like Stewart Brand, Bill Ruckelshaus, Tierra Curry, Al Gore, and Bill McKibben.  Whether working inside or outside of government, these and other environmental leaders all share something important – a firm understanding of government and how the environmental process works.

Entertaining, revealing, and forward-looking, Uncle Sam and Mother Earth speaks to what people can do in their own lives and in the public square to help the environment and shape sustainable growth.

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