Family, education, and interest in environment; Sierra Club's Atlantic and Southeast chapters, 1960s; legal cases as attorney in Justice Department's Lands Division,
1966-1969; Center for Law and Social Policy, 1969-1971: early use of National Environmental Policy Act in litigation, Alaskan pipeline case; Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund executive director, 1971-1977: relationship with the club and its legislative
program, litigation on wilderness, forestry, clean air issues, Admiralty Island timber sales; assistant attorney general for land and natural resources, 1977-1981: Griffin Bell, and other members of Carter administration, land acquisition, Indian rights, Alaskan land,
toxic waste issues.
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James Moorman: Attorney for the Environment 1966-1981: Center for Law and Social Policy, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Department of Justice Division of Lands and Natural Resources
Note
Moorman, James. "James Moorman: Attorney for the Environment 1966-1981: Center for Law and Social Policy, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Department of Justice Division of Lands and Natural Resources." Interview by Ted Hudson in 1984. Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1994. Interview date(s) 1984
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