Previous Engagements

Riverkeeper’s Previous Speaking Engagements of Note

• BBC World Service Business Matters, Regular Guest and Contributor.
• Idaho Speaker Series, “The Power and Importance of Green Amendments Nationwide”, June 4-6, 2019
• Rachel Carson Annual Open House at the Historic Rachel Carson House, Keynote Address, May 4, 2019.
• “Going Green” in New York: A Conversation about the Proposed NY Environmental Bill of Rights, Keynote Address, April 24, 2019.
• Motivational Speaker on the Environment, American University “Exploring Social Justice” Series, April 10, 2019.
• University of Florida Public Interest Environmental Conference, Keynote Address, February 8, 2019.
• Rutgers Environmental Stewards Commencement Ceremony, Keynote Address, November 10, 2018.
• New York State Bar Association Environmental and Energy Law Section Legislative Forum, Keynote Address, May 23, 2018.
• Tulane University Environmental Law & Policy Summit, Keynote Address, March 10, 2018.
• Alliance for New Jersey Environmental Education Annual Conference, Keynote Address, February 19, 2018.
• Midday on WNYC, Interview with Jami Floyd, February 23, 2018.
• Global Energy and Environmental Law Podcast, Interview with Myanna Dellinger, 2018.
• E&E News, January 5, 2018.
• Law360 “We Need a Green Amendment”, Expert Analysis and Opinion piece, December 1, 2017.
• 10th Annual DuPont Summit on Science, Technology & Environmental Policy, “Environmental Constitutionalism: A New Tool for Environmental Preservation,” December 1, 2017.
• TedX talk, “A Healthy River: Protecting It for the Generations,” October 17, 2015.
• National Environmental Justice Conference, “Pure Water, Clean Air and a Healthy Environment … For the Generations,” March 13, 2015.
• Clean Communities Conference
  Speaking about the values of a clean and healthy Delaware River
• May 23, 2014
• Temple University Sustainability Forum
  Speaker: Dangers on the Delaware, Lessons from our Riverkeeper
• Apr 16, 2014
• Tri-State Sustainability Symposium
  A conference organized by the Delaware Valley Green Building Council Panel Titled “Reclaiming our Rivers, Schuylkill, Delaware and others”
• March 7, 2014
• Grid Alive
  Live guest on Philadelphia talk show organized and hosted by Grid Magazine.
• Feb. 18, 2014
• How Healthy is the Delaware River Watershed
  Guest on WHYY’s State Impact live forum discussing the health of the Delaware
  River and its watershed.
• Nov 15, 2013
• U.S. House of Representatives, Energy and Commerce Committee
  Provided testimony by invitation, regarding H.R. 1900, The Natural Gas Pipeline
  Permitting Reform Act
• July 9, 2013
• Forum on Fracking at Rider University
  On debate panel representing the perspective of sustainable energy and no fracking
• Feb. 21, 2013
• Delaware Estuary Science and Environmental Summit
  The Value of a Healthy River
• Feb. 2, 2011
• WHYY’s Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane
  One of two live guests debating the Delaware River Deepening project on WHYY Radio, also heard on NPR.
• Feb 18, 2010
• Pennsylvania Bar Institute – Environmental Law Forum
  Faculty – Delaware River Basin Commission and Regional Issues
• Spring, 2009
• Convention for the Common Good
  Environmental speaker and facilitator
• July 12, 2008
• Global Water Symposium hosted by Haverford College
  Keynote speaker
• Mar. 29, 2008
• Pennsylvania Bar Institute – Environmental Law Forum
  Faculty – Water Update
• Spring 2008
• 5th Annual Volunteer Monitoring Summit:
  Protecting New Jersey’s Water Resources, Improving Communication Between Stewards
  Keynote speaker
• Nov. 29, 2007
• Pennsylvania Bar Institute – Environmental Law Forum
  Faculty – Water Update
• Spring 2007
• Delaware Estuary Science Conference
  Panelist, Linkages Among Science, Management & Policy
  Improving Communication Between Stewards
• Jan 23, 2007
• Congressional Briefing: Delaware & Susquehanna River Basin flooding
  Panelist
• July 25, 2006
• The Center for Environmental Legal Studies
  Featured Speaker
  Co-sponsored by the Pace Energy and Climate Center, the Public Interest
  Center, and the Land Use Law Center of Pace University School of Law.
• 2005
• Watershed Summit on the Delaware: Making the Connection
  Closing Plenary Speaker
  Talk titled “Respecting Our River”
• Sept 15, 2004
• Pennsylvania Bar Institute – Environmental Law Forum
  Faculty – Water Quantity/Sprawl
• April 2003
• U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Natural Resources
  Provided testimony by invitation, regarding Wild & Scenic Designation
  for Lower Delaware River
• July 18, 2000
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Water Camp
  For agency officials, about watershed planning
• July 12-16, 1999