#1 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Speech on environmental issues

by MasterBlaster on January 14, 2010


In this speech at the University of Charleston, WV in 2002, Kennedy talks about his environmental activism and how fighting corporate polluters and making government enforce laws can stop the destruction of natural resources which he says are God-given gifts meant to be enjoyed by all people, and not raped for corporate profits. He also explains how the Magna Carta is the precursor to our Bill of Rights, and how Riverkeeper, the organization for which he is the head environmental attorney, stopped pollution on the Hudson and how GE dumped pcbs into the river making the fish illegal to sell and how pcbs are in the breast milk of New York women. He compares that corporate crime to the exploitation of the mountains of West Virginia by the coal companies. And he explains how any citizen can require a corporation to file an environmental impact statement before any new project which might harm the ecosystem can go forward.

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DantesDump November 14, 2009 at 4:58 pm

He should quit riding daddy’s coat-tails.

tektonivideo November 14, 2009 at 5:07 pm

This speech had to be cut into six segments to upload it all. Thanks YouTube. They’re ALL worth watching though. Too bad this guy’s not running for President. He’s a lot like his Dad.Watch the other 5 segs. They’re numbered.

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