Peter Lehner

AUTHOR

Peter Lehner, executive director of NRDC, also teaches environmental law at Columbia University Law School. Chief of the Environmental Protection Bureau of the New York State Attorney General’s office for eight years, he created and led the environmental prosecution unit for New York City.

IN DEEP WATER

The Anatomy of a Disaster, The Fate of the Gulf, and How to End Our Oil Addiction

“If you’re looking for something that connects the dots between the BP oil disaster, the harm it’s done to the Gulf of Mexico and the people paying the price, this book is it… [In Deep Water] shows the way forward to protect this national treasure, safeguard our future and break our destructive addiction to oil.” —Robert Redford More