Robert Dewey

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  Robert Dewey, Vice President of Government Relations and External Affairs
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  Robert Dewey, Vice President of Government Relations and External Affairs
  
  In 1990 Robert Dewey joined Defenders of Wildlife to work on national wildlife refuge issues.He took on such tasks as: coordinating experts to consider the future of the refuge system, who then released their influential report in 1992; lobbying for passage of comprehensive refuge management reform legislation, which was enacted in 1997; and opposing drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which continues today despite being soundly defeated in Congress in one form or another on countless occasions.
  
  Today, as the Vice President of Government Relations and External Affairs, he continues to lobby as well as direct a team of professionals that work to further Defenders' national legislative and administrative priorities through direct lobbying, coalition participation and internet advocacy.He is quick to clarify, though, that direct lobbying is not the cornerstone of his work.
  
  Conservation campaigns do involve plenty of lobbying, but there are aspects of paid and earned media, retail level grassroots education and mobilization, phone banking and mass e-mail advocacy that pay dividends in the end.In this regard, Dewey is more of a facilitator who ensures that key advocacy tools and strategies are effectively employed on a given issue.
  
  He confidently purports that now he is exactly where wanted to be when he first came to Washington in the early 1980s.Outraged by the anti-conservation policies of President Reagan's Interior Secretary James Watt, Dewey started working for a congressional subcommittee and then moved onto various environmental and public interest groups.
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  Dewey counts his leadership in Defenders' successful efforts to defeat Arctic National Wildlife Refuge drilling last December among his most gratifying professional experiences.Currently he is focusing on off-shore drilling issues and the attempts to lift a quarter-century old moratorium on drilling America's shores for oil and gas.However there is still more he feels he has to do.He is working hard to encourage constituents to get their elected officials to consider more than politics when making important decisions and look at the science, the public policy and the human aspects of an issue.
  
  Dewey holds a BA from Colgate University.He earned his Master of Studies in Law from Vermont University where he focused on natural resource law.
  
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  (July 17, 2008) "Americans need real relief, not recycled rhetoric," said Robert Dewey, vice president for government relations at Defenders of Wildlife.

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  Robert DeweyDefenders of Wildlife(202)772-9400, ext.228newsroom@defenders.org

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  Robert Dewey
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  Robert Dewey Vice President for Government Relations
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  Robert oversees the implementation of Defenders' national legislative and administrative priorities through direct lobbying, grassroots advocacy, coalition participation and national environmental community coordination. He established Defenders' Government Relations and External Affairs department in 1999. Key legislative accomplishments under Robert's leadership include securing favorable provisions for wildlife in the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act, the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Other significant accomplishments during his tenure include protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil drilling; establishing a new Florida bear license plate; coordinating a successful Alaska ballot initiative; and spearheading policy and litigation initiatives to influence the management of national wildlife refuges, national forests and to improve transportation planning. Robert is the deputy treasurer of Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund and oversees development of the group's annual legislative Report Card. He serves on the Political Advisory Committee of the League of Conservation Voters and on the board of several environmental collaborative initiatives and organizations.
  
  Before joining Defenders, Robert lobbied on energy and climate change issues for Environmental Action, conducted safety and fuel efficiency advocacy for the Center for Auto Safety and worked for the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
  
  Robert Dewey earned his B.A. from Colgate University and an M.S.L. from Vermont Law School.

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  Statement of Robert Dewey, Vice President

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  - Robert Dewey, Vice President of Government Relations, Defenders of Wildlife on addressing global warming's impacts on wildlife;

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  Robert Dewey of the Defenders of Wildlife suggested developing a national, cross-agency strategy to make climate change a top priority. It would include increased scientific capability and the dedication of federal funds to conservation measures.
  
  This money could come from a portion of revenues that would be generated from a federal program to cap and trade carbon emissions, Dewey said.

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  Robert Dewey of the Defenders of Wildlife suggested developing a national, cross-agency strategy to make climate change a top priority. It would include increased scientific capability and the dedication of federal funds to conservation measures.
  
  This money could come from a portion of revenues that would be generated from a federal program to cap and trade carbon emissions, Dewey said.

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  "Americans need real relief, not recycled rhetoric," said Robert Dewey, vice president for government relations at Defenders of Wildlife.
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  "Addressing the problem of oil speculation is a far better deal for the American public than trading away our coasts and other special places to help further pad the profits of Big Oil," said Dewey.

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  "Americans need real relief, not recycled rhetoric," said Robert Dewey, vice president for government relations at Defenders of Wildlife."More oil
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  help further pad the profits of Big Oil," said Dewey.

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