News Release ‘Reinventing Environmentalism’ Campaign to Kick Off in St. Paul on April 9th
Contact: Don Parmeter, Founder
American Environmental Institute
(651) 493-3532 (612) 558-2859 (cell)
St. Paul, MN…..A campaign to give local people a stronger voice in energy and environmental policy at the state capitol and in Washington, D.C., will kick off in St. Paul on Saturday, April 9th. According to organizer Don Parmeter, the modern environmental movement is no longer a grassroots movement and it’s no longer about the environment. “It’s about money, power and control.” he said. “It’s fundamentally about governance. The question is whether we want government from the top-down or from the bottom up.”
Parmeter started the American Environmental Institute to
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