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Later she was hired by the late David Brower, founder and president of Friends of the Earth (FOE), as the regional representative of FOE and held that position for nearly ten years, concentrating on anti-nuclear work and on coastal zone and wetlands protection on eastern Long Island. She initiated the Shoreham Opponents Coalition on Long Island, which ultimately defeated the Shoreham nuclear reactor, and represented Southampton Town in state hearings on the Jamesport reactor, which was later cancelled. In New York City she organized public opposition to the transport of high-level radioactive waste from the Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island through New York City; eventually the city enacted a ban on such transport. She was also active in the movement to save the Long Island Pine Barrens, which overlie Long Island's drinking water supply, and served on the New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation's Pine Barrens Task Force as well as on the board of directors of the Long Island Pine Barrens Society. Her work on habitat protection was instrumental in the preservation of two key habitats in Suffolk County (Maple Swamp and Swan Pond) .She also served on the board of directors of STAR (Standing for Truth About Radiation). In the mid-1980s she was an editor at American Birds magazine, published by the National Audubon Society, and soon after became Executive Director of Food & Water Inc., an anti-food irradiation group. From 1992 to 1995 she was a natural resources specialist in the Natural Resources Unit of the NYC Dept. of Environmental Protection, where she worked primarily on monitoring and protecting city-owned wetlands and coastal areas on Staten Island. She is a member of the NY Academy of Sciences. In 2002 she was the Suffolk County Green Party candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, lst CD, Long Island, and in 2004 sought the U.S. Green Party's presidential nomination. OpEdNews Member for 188 week(s) and 5 day(s) 2 Articles, 0 Quick Links, 4 Comments, 0 Diaries, 0 Polls
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