Richard Goldman Called “True Champion of Environment”
Contact: Jennifer Witherspoon, EDF communications: 415-293-6067, jwitherspoon@edf.org
(San Francisco – November 29) Environmental Defense Fund President Fred Krupp issued the following statement today on the death of philanthropist Richard Goldman:
“Richard Goldman was a true champion of the environment and friend to the Environmental Defense Fund. His legacy will live on through his environmental leadership. Grants from The Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund supported EDF’s corporate partnership program with FedEx to introduce the next generation of low-emission hybrid trucks and EDF’s California climate program to implement the groundbreaking California Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32). EDF sends our condolences to Richard Goldman’s family and friends.”
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