Canada’s most famous environmentalist, David Suzuki, says he left the board of his charitable foundation to avoid being a lightning rod for criticism and government attacks that would undermine its work.
Australia’s environment warrior Brown to quit politics
Australia’s environment warrior Bob Brown, who built the Australian Greens into a powerful political force, announced on Friday he was quitting politics after 16 years in parliament and more than 30 years as an environmental campaigner. Brown, 67, who once heckled U.S. President George W. Bush when the president addressed Australia’s parliament, said he was leaving politics to spend more time writing, taking photographs and bush walking in his home state of Tasmania.
Judge in U.S. cuts environmentalist’s sentence for becoming informer
A judge has cut more than three years off the prison sentence of a former radical environmentalist who set a major fire at Michigan State University and burned down homes before becoming a government informant.
