Autor: Richard Severo

Richard Severo has long combined his interests in science and the environment with a social conscience. He worked in broadcast journalism at CBS News, wrote for the New York Herald Tribune and the Associated Press, and was an investigative reporter for the Washington Post and the New York Times. He also taught at Vassar College. During his tenure at the Times, Severo was the recipient of the George Polk Award and Columbia University”s Berger Award. He is the author of the widely acclaimed biography Lisa H.: The Story of an Extraordinary and Courageous Woman (1985). He lives in Newberg, New York. Lewis Milford, JD, Georgetown University Law Center, is president and founder of Clean Energy Group (CEG) and Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA), two national nonprofits that work with state, federal, and international organizations to promote clean energy technology, policy, finance, and innovation. Before founding these two organizations, he was vice president of Conservation Law Foundation, New England”s leading environmental group. Prior to that, he served as a government prosecutor on the Love Canal hazardous waste case in New York and directed the public interest law clinic at American University Law School, where he represented veterans on a range of legal issues, including gaining compensation for their harmful exposure to Agent Orange and nuclear radiation. Milford is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.