Waterkeepers welcomed by local conservationists

January 5, 2002
Source: Calgary Sun
Original story - link not found on January 5, 2002
By Tony Seskus

ALBERTA'S GREEN troops believe a celebrity-backed eco group that fights its battles with controversial lawsuits is exactly what the province needs.  Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Waterkeeper Alliance, which is hosting a Hollywood fundraiser in Banff this weekend, is under attack as an interfering "bunch of rich Americans."  But senior environmentalists in the province said yesterday that the group's legal eagles would be welcome here.

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