Interview with Tom FitzGerald, June 29, 2023
Project: Climate Research, Policy, & Activism in Kentucky Oral History Project
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Tom FitzGerald discusses numerous environmental concerns he dealt with while he was in charge of the Kentucky Resources Council, from nuclear protests and mountaintop removal mining to dam protests. He also describes how he came to move to Kentucky from New York and why chose to attend law school to pursue environmental issues. He also goes into great detail about state legislative decisions about the environment.Interview Accession
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Renewable energy Strip mining Kentucky Climate change Berea College New York Lobbying Law Mountaintop removal miningInterview Rights
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FitzGerald, Tom Interview by Lauren Elizabeth Cagle. 29 Jun. 2023. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
FitzGerald, T. (2023, June 29). Interview by L. E. Cagle. Climate Research, Policy, & Activism in Kentucky Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
FitzGerald, Tom, interview by Lauren Elizabeth Cagle. June 29, 2023, Climate Research, Policy, & Activism in Kentucky Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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