Executive Director
I became Executive Director of Black Rock Solar in February 2011 after 17 years working for International Rivers, first as Campaigns Director from and then, from 2005 as ED. I wrote a book, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams, and numerous reports, articles, op eds, and blog posts on issues linking dams, water and energy policy, flood management, climate change, human rights and international development. Black Rock Solar installs photovoltaic power systems for tribes, non-profits in Nevada at low or no cost.
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Barack Obama and the River of Hope
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 10:03am
“To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to
make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved
bodies and feed hungry minds. And to those nations like ours that enjoy
relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to
suffering outside our borders; nor can we consume the world's resources
without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change
with it.” President Barack Obama, January 20, 2009
I watched Obama’s inauguration speech on a big screen in a church hall on Capitol Hill, maybe a third of a mile from where the new president took his oath. Along with my wife and two-year-old son Liam, I’d traveled across the country from San Francisco to be part of the historic event. We tried to get to the Mall to see the ceremony but Liam seemed likely to go hypothermic if we stayed out in the biting cold, so we took shelter in the warm and welcoming St. Mark’s Episcopalian Church. Click here for the rest of my commentary from our latest World Rivers Review.
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