50 Years of EPA: Looking Back with John Cruden

50 Years of EPA: Looking Back with John Cruden

Author: ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources June 13, 2023 Duration: 46:04

John Cruden discusses his career, including his more than two decades, as a senior leader on environment and natural resource matters at the U.S. Department of Justice, with Emily Mott, senior associate at Baker Botts LLP and past member of the Section's Leadership Development Program. This podcast was recorded in late 2020.


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