(San Diego Union Tribune) — Just as the United States came together to put a man on the moon in the 1960s, it can fight its dependence on foreign energy, prevent global warming and put people back to work now, an environmental activist with roots in the civil rights movement told a San Diego audience Friday. For Jerome Ringo, who went from working on an offshore oil rig in Louisiana to becoming the first African-American to head the National Wildlife Federation, it’s not a choice between the environment and jobs.
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