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'''James Gustave (Gus) Speth''' (born March 4, 1942) is a [[United States]] [[environmental law]]yer and advocate.
'''James Gustave (Gus) Speth''' (born March 4, 1942 in [[Orangeburg, South Carolina|Orangeburg]], [[South Carolina]]) is an [[Americans|American]] [[environmental law|environmental lawyer]] and advocate.


==Biography==
== Biography ==
He was born in [[Orangeburg, South Carolina]] in 1942. He graduated [[summa cum laude]] from [[Yale University]] in 1964, attended [[Oxford University]] as a [[Rhodes Scholar]] and graduated from [[Yale Law School]], where he was a member of the ''[[Yale Law Journal]]'', in 1969. He served in 1969 and 1970 as a law clerk to [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] Justice [[Hugo L. Black]].
He was born in [[Orangeburg, South Carolina|Orangeburg]], [[South Carolina]] in 1942. He graduated [[summa cum laude]] from [[Yale University]] in 1964, attended [[Oxford University]] as a [[Rhodes Scholar]] and graduated from [[Yale Law School]], where he was a member of the ''[[Yale Law Journal]]'', in 1969. He served in 1969 and 1970 as a law clerk to [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] Justice [[Hugo L. Black]].


Speth was a co-founder of the [[Natural Resources Defense Council]], where he served as senior attorney from 1970 to 1977.
Speth was a co-founder of the [[Natural Resources Defense Council]], where he served as senior attorney from 1970 to 1977.
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==Publications==
==Publications==
===Books===
===Books===
*''Globalization and the Environment'' (as an editor), [[Island Press]] (2003)
* ''Globalization and the Environment'' (as an editor), [[Island Press]] (2003)
*''[[Red Sky at Morning (Speth book)|Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Red Sky at Morning (Speth book)|Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment]]'' (2004)
*''[[Global Environmental Governance]]'', [[Island Press]] (2006)
* ''[[Global Environmental Governance]]'', [[Island Press]] (2006)
*''The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability'', [[Yale University Press]] (2008) ISBN 978-0-300-13611-1
* ''The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability'', [[Yale University Press]] (2008) ISBN 978-0-300-13611-1
*''America the Possible: Manifesto for a New Economy'', [[Yale University Press]] (2012) ISBN 978-0300180763
* ''America the Possible: Manifesto for a New Economy'', [[Yale University Press]] (2012) ISBN 978-0300180763
* ''Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril'' (chapter), [[Michael P. Nelson|Nelson, Michael P.]] and Kathleen Dean Moore (eds.) Trinity University Press, (2010) ISBN 9781595340665
* ''Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril'' (chapter), [[Michael P. Nelson|Nelson, Michael P.]] and Kathleen Dean Moore (eds.) Trinity University Press, (2010) ISBN 9781595340665
* ''Angels by the River, a memoir'', Chelsea Green Publishing (2014)
* ''Angels by the River, a memoir'', Chelsea Green Publishing (2014)


===Articles===
===Articles===
*''Beyond Reform'' Our Planet Magazine [http://www.unep.org/pdf/Ourplanet/2007/february/en/OP-2007-02-en-ARTICLE5.pdf PDF]
* ''Beyond Reform'' Our Planet Magazine [http://www.unep.org/pdf/Ourplanet/2007/february/en/OP-2007-02-en-ARTICLE5.pdf PDF]
*''America the Possible: A Manifesto'', ''From decline to rebirth'' [https://orionmagazine.org/article/america-the-possible/ link]
* ''America the Possible: A Manifesto'', ''From decline to rebirth'' [https://orionmagazine.org/article/america-the-possible/ link]
* ''America the Possible: A Manifesto'', ''A new politics for a new dream'' [https://orionmagazine.org/article/america-the-possible-a-manifesto-part-ii/ link]
* ''America the Possible: A Manifesto'', ''A new politics for a new dream'' [https://orionmagazine.org/article/america-the-possible-a-manifesto-part-ii/ link]


==References==
== References ==
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<ref name=angels>{{cite web|title=About the Author|url=http://angelsbytheriver.com/about-the-author/|accessdate=8 February 2015}}</ref>
<ref name=angels>{{cite web|title=About the Author|url=http://angelsbytheriver.com/about-the-author/|accessdate=8 February 2015}}</ref>
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==External links==
== External links ==
* [http://angelsbytheriver.com Angels by the River] - book website
* [http://angelsbytheriver.com/ Angels by the River] - book website
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* {{Wayback|date=20070701111600|url=http://environment.yale.edu/profile/240/james_gustave_speth/|title=James Gustave Speth home page}} Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies profile, Archived July 1, 2007
* {{Wayback|date=20070701111600|url=http://environment.yale.edu/profile/240/james_gustave_speth/|title=James Gustave Speth home page}} Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies profile, Archived July 1, 2007
* [http://willmedia.will.uiuc.edu/ramgen/archives/focus080331a.rm Radio interview] March 31, 2008 on Focus 580 at University of Illinois {{Dead link|date=December 2015}}
* [http://willmedia.will.uiuc.edu/ramgen/archives/focus080331a.rm Radio interview] March 31, 2008 on Focus 580 at University of Illinois {{Dead link|date=December 2015}}
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James Gustave Speth
Eric Roston and James Gustave Speth
Born (1942-03-04) March 4, 1942 (age 82)
Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States
NationalityUnited States American
Occupation(s)Environmental lawyer and advocate
Known forChairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme

James Gustave (Gus) Speth (born March 4, 1942 in Orangeburg, South Carolina) is an American environmental lawyer and advocate.

Biography

He was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina in 1942. He graduated summa cum laude from Yale University in 1964, attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar and graduated from Yale Law School, where he was a member of the Yale Law Journal, in 1969. He served in 1969 and 1970 as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black.

Speth was a co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council, where he served as senior attorney from 1970 to 1977.

He served from 1977 to 1981, as a Member and then for two years as Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality in the Executive Office of the President. As Jimmy Carter's Council on Environmental Quality Chairman, he was a principal adviser on matters affecting the environment and had overall responsibility for developing and coordinating the President's environmental program. In 1981 and 1982 he was Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, teaching environmental and constitutional law.

In 1982, he founded the World Resources Institute,[1] a Washington, D.C.-based environmental think tank; served as its president until January 1993. He was a senior adviser to President-elect Bill Clinton's transition team, heading the group that examined the U.S.'s role in natural resources, energy and the environment.

In 1991, he chaired a U.S. task force on international development and environmental security which produced the report Partnership for Sustainable Development: A New U.S. Agenda.

In 1990 he led the Western Hemisphere Dialogue on Environment and Development which produced the report Compact for a New World.

From 1993 to 1999, he served as Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme; he served as Special Coordinator for Economic and Social Affairs under Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, piloted the United Nations Development Assistance Plan and also served as Chair of the United Nations Development Group.[2]

In 1999, he became the dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. He served the school as the Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean and Sara Shallenberger Brown Professor in the Practice of Environmental Policy when he retired from Yale in 2009 to assume a professorship at Vermont Law School in South Royalton, Vermont.[3] Speth was succeeded as Dean at Yale by Sir Peter Crane.[4]

In 2014 he published his memoir Angels by the River. In that year he was also board member of the New Economy Coalition.[5]

Environment work

Speth has been a leader or participant in many task forces and committees aimed at combating environmental degradation, including the President’s Task Force on Global Resources and Environment; the Western Hemisphere Dialogue on Environment and Development; and the National Commission on the Environment.[citation needed]

Awards

Among his awards are the National Wildlife Federation’s Resources Defense Award, the Natural Resources Council of America’s Barbara Swain Award of Honor, a 1997 Special Recognition Award from the Society for International Development, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Environmental Law Institute, and the Blue Planet Prize. He holds honorary degrees from Clark University, the College of the Atlantic, Vermont Law School, and Middlebury College.

Publications

Books

Articles

  • Beyond Reform Our Planet Magazine PDF
  • America the Possible: A Manifesto, From decline to rebirth link
  • America the Possible: A Manifesto, A new politics for a new dream link

References

  1. ^ World Resources Institute Biosketch of James Gustave Speth. Reuters. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
  2. ^ "Who we are & What we do". United Nations Development Programme. 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
  3. ^ "F&ES unearths new dean". Yale Daily News. Archived from the original on 2009-03-08. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
  4. ^ "Sir Peter Crane Appointed Dean of Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies". Yale Daily News. 2009-03-04. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
  5. ^ "About the Author". Retrieved 8 February 2015.
Government offices
Preceded by Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality
1979–1981 		Succeeded by
Alan Hill
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme
1993–1999 		Succeeded by
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