 As a human rights journalist Bond has covered death squads and military dictatorships in Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.He has also written widely on environmental issues including elephant slaughter and species decline in Africa, worldwide habitat loss, whales, wolves, seals, and many other endangered species, renewable energy and climate change.The former CEO of an international energy company, he has served as an advisor to more than 70 of the world's largest energy companies, led the 28-nation task force that united the former Soviet Union's grid with Western Europe's, and has authored many studies on climate change, renewable energy and utility siting and operation.