Planning and Conservation League, founding and lobbying activities, 1965-1970; Sierra Club internal management, Sacramento legislative office, volunteer-staff relations,
1970-1984; lobbying for major environmental legislation, 1965-1984; coastal protection, forest practices, California Environmental Quality Act, energy and water policy, limits on nuclear power, air quality, liquified natural gas terminal; Governors Ronald Reagan, Edmund G. Brown, Jr., and George Deukmejian environmental policies; comments on operation and leadership of California legislature; Sierra Club political endorsements and campaigning.
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John Zierold: Environmental Lobbyist in California's Capital, 1965-1984
Note
Zierold, John. "John Zierold: Environmental Lobbyist in California's Capital, 1965-1984." Interview by Ann Lage in 1984. Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1988. Interview date(s) 1984
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