Getting the lead out, 10 years after Flint
The Biden administration has taken the most significant step toward protecting our drinking water from lead since the start of the Flint, Michigan, water crisis a decade ago.
Douglas H.
Phelps
Chairman, Environment America; President, The Public Interest Network
Started on staff: 1979
B.S. Colorado State University, J.D. Harvard Law School
Doug is President and Executive Director of The Public Interest Network. As director of MASSPIRG starting in 1979, he conceived and helped organize the Fund for the Public Interest, U.S. PIRG, National Environmental Law Center, Green Century Capital Management, Green Corps and Environment America, among other groups. Doug ran the public interest careers program at the Harvard Law School from 1976-1986. He is a graduate of Colorado State University and the Harvard Law School.
Posts by Douglas H. Phelps
Environment America names Lisa Frank new executive director
Lisa Frank, who has been the executive director of Environment America’s Washington Legislative Office since February 2021, will now represent the full national group and its 30 state groups.
Cleaner air in Steel City
PennEnvironment and the National Environmental Law Center just helped settle one of the largest citizen-initiated Clean Air Act cases in U.S. history, and as a result, the people of the Pittsburgh region may soon breathe easier.
A look back at what our unique network accomplished in 2023
Here are 10 examples of how our advocates won positive results for the public and the planet in 2023.
