What Others Are Saying About Us
Staying ahead of the curve
Environmental Defense is the only environmental group named among "the most successful nonprofits in recent U.S. history" in the new book Forces for Good.
We also ranked first among environmental groups — and second overall — in the 2007 Financial Times global study of 850 business-nonprofit partnerships.
Our global warming work
"Environmental Defense was a critical player in this watershed moment in America's fight against global warming."
— Former EPA Administrator William K. Reilly, on our TXU victory
"There aren't a lot of environmental groups with their own investment bank consultants, so when you hear that Environmental Defense has just hired the boutique Wall Street firm Perella Weinberg Partners, you know that we're in a new world."
— Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times
"Environmental Defense played a pivotal role in drafting the bill and securing broad support that was critical to its passage."
— Speaker of the California Assembly Fabian Nunez, on California's Global Warming Solutions Act, which he co-authored
Our health work
"Environmental Defense has been a critical partner and resource in our efforts to make New York a truly sustainable 21st century city."
— New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
"Environmental Defense is probably the best nonprofit to find the intersection between profit and planet."
— McDonald's Senior Director of Social Responsibility Bob Langert
"In terms of the cost-benefit ratio, this regulation ranks up there among the top actions that EPA has taken in its history."
— EPA's John Millett, on dramatic cuts in sulfur allowed in most diesel fuel
Our wildlife work
"By promoting agricultural reform and partnering with landowners to protect habitat, Environmental Defense is helping us all."
— Bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver
"With a creative approach, Environmental Defense demonstrated how a strong Endangered Species Act benefits both rare species and people."
— Harvard University Professor Edward O. Wilson, on our work shaping and defending America's key wildlife protection law
Our oceans work
"Past ocean management policies have been woefully inadequate. Environmental Defense is playing a leadership role in achieving a new vision — one of healthy oceans and a secure future for coastal communities."
— Monterey Bay Aquarium Executive Director Julie Packard
"Environmental Defense is the first group to recognize the human dimension to the crisis in the oceans."
— Commercial fisherman Rich Young
"Without Environmental Defense, these protections never would have happened."
— Native Hawaiian elder Louis "Uncle Buzzy" Agard, on our efforts to create the world's largest marine reserve
Posted: 06-Apr-2006; Updated: 17-Dec-2007
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