Kerry's new book hails everyday people saving the environment

Kerry's new book hails everyday people saving the environment

By Andrew Miga, Associated Press Writer | March 10, 2007

WASHINGTON --Sen. John Kerry was dealt a bitter loss in 2004, but he also found inspiration for a new book during the long, grueling presidential campaign.


In town after town, he was deeply moved by the energy and enthusiasm he discovered among everyday citizens who were fighting to save the environment, Kerry said.

"There's real urgency to getting things done," said a relaxed Kerry, who snacked on cookies during a recent interview with The Associated Press in his Senate office. "It's not a Republican-Democrat kind of thing. ... We were inspired by that."

More than two years after his campaign, Kerry celebrates ordinary people who have created innovative solutions to pressing environmental problems in a book co-authored with his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry. The book is due out later this month.
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"There's real urgency to getting things done," said a relaxed Kerry, who snacked on cookies during a recent interview with The Associated Press in his Senate office. "It's not a Republican-Democrat kind of thing. ... We were inspired by that."

Stumping for the environment

What is it about the environment that failed presidential candidates find so attractive? Al Gore went green with his Oscar-winning "An Inconvenient Truth," and now John Kerry's joined the cause with "This Moment on Earth," a book co-written by his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry. Blurbed by -- you guessed it -- Gore, the book spotlights a new generation of "environmental pioneers" who're fighting to save the planet. Since he isn't on the campaign trail this time around, Kerry is doing a book tour, including interviews this month with Don Imus, Jon Stewart, and George Stephanopoulos, and an appearance in the People's Republic of Cambridge April 21.