Jimmy Carter was Four Decades Ahead of His Time
WASHINGTON - Former President Jimmy Carter has died.
Manish Bapna, president and CEO of NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) made the following statement:
“President Carter was four decades ahead of his time. He championed the single largest conservation effort in history, protecting millions of acres of Alaskan lands to be experienced as national parks, monuments, wilderness areas and wildlife refuges.
He put solar panels on the White House and climate change on the agenda. Had the nation, and the world, listened to him then, the future would be far brighter now.
“Carter saw imported oil as a strategic Achilles heel. Investing in efficiency and renewable energy, he recognized, could help break U.S. dependence on fuels that finance aggression by belligerent petro states like Russia. It could free U.S. families and businesses from global supply shocks beyond our control.
“Carter was right. We’re stronger, as a nation, for the ways we’ve answered his call, and weaker for the ways we haven’t.”
NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) is an international nonprofit environmental organization with more than 3 million members and online activists. Established in 1970, NRDC uses science, policy, law, and people power to confront the climate crisis, protect public health, and safeguard nature. NRDC has offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Bozeman, MT, Beijing and Delhi (an office of NRDC India Pvt. Ltd). Visit us at www.nrdc.org and follow us on Twitter @NRDC.