judge kennedy in an of itself is a superb candidate for united stes supreme court. in comparison to do not this gentleman justice. he has a deep compassion for the law, as many of you know your keys highly intelligent of his academic record. we can discern that come and his experience, 12 years on the appellate court in california and in the western area demonstrates a level that very few nominees to the supreme court demonstrate. obviously, judge kennedy is a conservative, and here represented are here as democrats. we support him because of our personal knowledge of judge kennedy. i look back in sacramento county where he grew up and where i grew up, and i can talk to the 1 million people in sacramento county, and that one of them would have anything negative to say about this candidate. one individual when asked by a reporter what they thought of him said, they noticed a lack of an observable ego. judge kennedy is a man of humility, a man of compassion. he s an individual
and as the environmental policy director for citizen action. her previous book, the battle over the future of food and farming in america, was originally published in 2012 and has now been released in paperback, unveiled the corporate control of food in the united states. her latest book, frackopoly, reports on the history of hydraulic fracturing, arguing that the rush to fracking is dangerous to the environment and human health. environmentalist and author bill mckibbon praises frackopoly as a truly powerful manifesto about one of the greatest environmental fights on our planet today. and the huffington post calls it a comprehensive history of fracking in america. it s well written, timely and very important. we re very pleased to bring the conversation to harvard bookstore tonight. please join me in welcoming wenonah hauter. [applause] and thank you to harvard bookstore and all of you for coming this evening. so in the mid 1990s, i worked on a renewable energy proje
fishing. . bill mckibben praises frackopoly as a truly powerful man manifesto about one of the greatest environmental fights on our planet today from one of its greatest champions. and the huffington post calls it a comprehensive history of fracking in america, adding it s well written, timely and very important. we re very pleased to bring the conversation to harvard bookstore tonight. please join me in welcoming winona hatter. [applause] and thank you to harvard bookstore and all of you for coming this evening. so in the mid 1990s, i worked on a renewable energy project called powering the midwest. we knew in the 90s that renewables were ready, that energy efficiency was ready, and we really needed to make a transition. so a couple of years ago we had been working on fracking at food and water watch for several years as the first national group to call for a ban on fracking, and i started looking at some of the statistics about how far we had come with renewables since t
some other programs to look out for this weekend on booktv, robert jones talks about the declining influence of white christians in the country. new york times reporter donald mcneil jr. discusses the origins and spread of the zika virus. now, that s just a few of the programs you ll see this weekend on booktv on c-span2. for a complete television schedule, go to our web site, booktv.org. you can also get updates via twitter and facebook. booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. television for serious readers. and now we re going to kick off the weekend with a look at the decisions of the supreme court under former chief justice warren burger. linda greenhouse is one of the supreme court s best and most experienced observers. she covered the court for the new york times for decades and now teaches at yale law where she s the knight distinguished journalist in residence. she s written in oxford university press very short introduction to the supreme court whic
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