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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Wednesday, Aug. 30,
2006
CONTACT: Andy Brack at 843.670.3996
CENTER AWARDS
$20,000 FELLOWSHIP TO MOORE
Eddy Moore is conducting research for a book on Southern
environmental policy
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Center for a Better South today announced it has
awarded its second policy fellowship to Arkansas law student
L. Edward
Moore of Little Rock.
The
$20,000 fellowship will allow Moore to produce a detailed
series of policy initiatives that outline progressive environmental
policy ideas for Southern states and local governments. The book of
ideas, which is expected to be published in the
spring of 2007,
also will provide a series of tips and ideas of things individuals can do
to conserve energy and become more environmentally friendly in their
everyday lives.
“Thanks to Eddy’s diverse national policy experience and Southern
background, we will offer thinking leaders in the South with some great
ideas on how they can make a real difference environmentally as the
region grows,” said Center president Andy Brack. “This practical
study follows on the heels of our just-released book on progressive tax
reform, which can be downloaded for free online.”
(http://www.bettersouth.org/doingbetter).
About Eddy Moore
Moore, a 40-year-old native of Spartanburg, S.C, served in key policy
roles in Washington and California before starting law school at the
University of Arkansas School of Law at Little Rock He expects to
graduate in the spring of 2008.
From 2000 to 2005, Moore was a senior project manager and transportation
director for the Planning and Conservation League Foundation, a chapter
of the National Wildlife Federation. At the League, Moore helped
implement a legal settlement on key water transfers and diversion,
co-managed a statewide ballot initiative campaign to fund land
preservation and public transportation; spearheaded a successful
statewide effort to enact solar and other energy incentives; and led a
multi-organizational effort to study an alternate route for a high-speed
rail project to avoid destruction of major wilderness areas.
Prior to his work in California, Moore served as a legislative assistant
for U.S. Sen. Ernest F. Hollings in the areas of education, health, civil
rights and transportation. He holds a master’s degree in U.S.
history from American University and a bachelor’s degree with honors from
Yale University.
The Center for a Better South is a pragmatic, nonpartisan think tank
dedicated to developing progressive ideas, policies and information for
thinking leaders who want to make a difference in the American
South. More:
www.bettersouth.org and
www.thinksouth.org.
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The Center for a Better South is a new pragmatic think tank dedicated
to developing progressive ideas, policies and information for thinking
leaders who want to make a difference in the American South.