The making of a conservative environmentalist
Subtitle: with reflections on government, industry, scientists, the media, education, economic growth, the public, the Great Lakes, activists, and the sunsetting of toxic chemicals
By: Gordon K. Durnil.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Durnil, Gordon K., 1936-; Environmental policy -- United States; Environmental policy -- Canada; Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography; Great Lakes Region -- Environmental conditions
Description: Gordon Durnil was the U.S. Chairman of the International Joint Commission during the Bush administration. The IJC is a semi-autonomous international organization composed of representatives from the United States and Canada charged with overseeing the quality of the environment in the Great Lakes region. In the course of his service on the Commission, Mr. Durnil became an avid, active environmentalist. For most of the world, the term "conservative environmentalist" is an oxymoron.

In this fascinating account of his conversion to environmentalism, Durnil demonstrates how and why the saving of our environment is fundamentally a conservative issue.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-189) and index.