- Fred Krupp
Fred Krupp is the president of
Environmental Defense Fund , aUnited States -based nonprofit environmental advocacy group.Krupp is a graduate of
Yale University with a law degree from theUniversity of Michigan and has taughtenvironmental law at both schools.Prior to joining Environmental Defense Fund, Krupp spent several years in private law practice in
New Haven, Connecticut in several firms: Cooper, Whitney, Cochran & Krupp (1984); partner, Albis & Krupp (1978-1984). During that time he also was founder and general counsel for the Connecticut Fund for the Environment (1978-1984), a leading state environmental group.Since 1984, when he became president of Environmental Defense Fund, he has been influential in developing many innovative market-based solutions, including the
acid rain reduction plan in the 1990 Clean Air Act, and the U.S. proposal to achieve least-costgreenhouse gas reductions in theKyoto Protocol .According to the Form 990 filed by Environmental Defense Fund with the
Internal Revenue Service as required by law, in 2004 he earned $357,057 in salary and $51,113 in other compensation as president. [http://www.environmentaldefense.org/documents/5269_ED990FY2005.pdf]Krupp serves on the board of the
H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment , theJohn F. Kennedy School of Government Environment Council and the Leadership Council of theYale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies . He has served on the President’s Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations for PresidentsBill Clinton andGeorge W. Bush .He is the recipient of the 1999 Keystone Leadership in Environment Award, and the 2002 Champion Award from the Women’s Council on Energy and the Environment.
In March 2008, [http://earththesequel.edf.org "Earth: The Sequel"] , the book he wrote with journalist Miriam Horn, was released. It highlights innovators and the technology they are creating to fight global warming.
He lives in
Connecticut with his wife, Laurie, and their three children. [http://www.westgov.org/wga/initiatives/enlibra/krupp_bio.pdf]References
* [http://www.westgov.org/wga/initiatives/enlibra/krupp_bio.pdf Biography of Fred Krupp]
External links
* [http://www.earththesequel.edf.org/ EarthTheSequel.com]
* Video: [http://youtube.com/watch?v=YCMi1xJ30g4 Earth: The Sequel]
* [http://www.strategy-business.com/press/article/08201?pg=0 "The Making of a Market-Minded Environmentalist"] , autobiographical article by Fred Krupp in "Strategy+Business " (registration required)
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