Kieran Suckling | |
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| Born | 1964 (age 59–60) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | College of the Holy Cross (BA) Stanford University Columbia University Stony Brook University (MA, PhD) |
| Occupation | Environmental activist |
| Known for | Center for Biological Diversity |
Kierán Suckling (born 1964) is an American environmental activist who is one of the founders and the executive director of the Center for Biological Diversity, a nonprofit conservation group known for its protection of endangered species, wilderness, clean air, and clean water.[1]
The New Yorker dubbed the Center as "the most important radical environmental group in the country" and Suckling a "trickster, philosopher, publicity hound, master strategist, and unapologetic pain in the ass."[2] The LA Weekly calls the Center "pound for pound, dollar for dollar, the most effective conservation organization in the country," and says of Suckling: "Rimbaud reinvented poetry. Kierán Suckling would do the same with environmentalism."[3]
The Center, which has secured protection for over 700 endangered species and 475,000,000 acres (192,225,680 ha) of habitat in the U.S.,[4] works towards environmental protection.[5] It often comes under fire from logging, mining, pesticide, oil, coal and other industries.[5] Suckling founded the Center for Biological Diversity while working on his doctoral dissertation in 1989.[5] He served as executive director from 1989 to 2004, policy director from 2005 to 2007, and became executive director again in 2008.[1]
- ^ a b "Our story", Center for Biological Diversity. Accessed April 2, 2015
- ^ Lemann, Nicholas. "No People Allowed", The New Yorker, 11-22-99.
- ^ Zakin, Susan. "The Gods of Small Things", LA Weekly. 11-22-2002
- ^ "Endangered species", Center for Biological Diversity. Accessed April 3, 2015
- ^ a b c Humes, David. Eco Barons: The Dreamers, Schemers And Millionaires Who Are Saving Our Planet. Ecco. 2009