Earth Rising: American Environmentalism in the 21st Century - Hardcover

Shabecoff, Philip

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1559635835 ISBN 13: 9781559635837

Publisher: Island Press, 2001

Synopsis

The author of this work draws on more than 30 years of journalistic and literary output (including reporting for the "New York Times") to offer a critique of the current state and future prospects of the American environmental movement. The book presents the results of interviews with a wide range of individuals both within and outside the movement with the mission of elucidating the core issues and problems confronting today's environmentalists, and analyzing the movement's strengths and weaknesses. Phillip Shabecoff's prescription is for a more powerful, diverse and sophisticated, visionary and flexible movement committed to reform of the education system, taming the global economy, working for political reform, directing the course of scientific enterprise and developing a new moral centre.

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About the Author

Philip Shabecoff was the chief environmental correspondent for the "New York Times" for fourteen of the thirty-two years he worked there as a reporter. After leaving the "Times", he founded and published Greenwire, an online daily digest of environmental news. He has appeared on Meet the Press, Face the Nation, Washington Week in Review, CNN News, C-Span, National Public Radio, and the BBC. For his environmental writing, Shabecoff was selected as one of the Global 500 by the United Nations Environment Programme. He received the James Madison Award from the American Library Association for leadership in expanding the public's right to know. His previous books include "A Fierce Green Fire: A History of the American Environmental Movement."

Edition details

• Publisher: Island Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1559635835
• ISBN 13: 9781559635837
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 258