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Title: Stoking a fierce green fire: A review of Philip Shabecoff's history of the environmental movement

Abstract

Environmental journalist Philip Shabecoff begins his book on the American environmental movement, A Fierce Green Fire by guiding the reader across the American landscape as it might have looked to a 15th-century European. He creates a verdant land populated with unharried wildlife and noble savages, all living in absolute harmony. Sadly, this paradise is spoiled by villainous Europeans who invade the Edenic garden and, within a few hundred years, transform it into Hell's backyard. This sets the stage for Shabecoff's discussion of those who fought to protect the environment by making the environmental decision-making process more democratic and, therefore, less destructive.

Authors:
OSTI Identifier:
5615866
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) Journal; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 19:3; Journal ID: ISSN 0145-1189
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HISTORICAL ASPECTS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLLUTION REGULATIONS; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; REGULATIONS; 290300* - Energy Planning & Policy- Environment, Health, & Safety

Citation Formats

Williams, D. Stoking a fierce green fire: A review of Philip Shabecoff's history of the environmental movement. United States: N. p., Web.
Williams, D. Stoking a fierce green fire: A review of Philip Shabecoff's history of the environmental movement. United States.
Williams, D. . "Stoking a fierce green fire: A review of Philip Shabecoff's history of the environmental movement". United States.
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abstractNote = {Environmental journalist Philip Shabecoff begins his book on the American environmental movement, A Fierce Green Fire by guiding the reader across the American landscape as it might have looked to a 15th-century European. He creates a verdant land populated with unharried wildlife and noble savages, all living in absolute harmony. Sadly, this paradise is spoiled by villainous Europeans who invade the Edenic garden and, within a few hundred years, transform it into Hell's backyard. This sets the stage for Shabecoff's discussion of those who fought to protect the environment by making the environmental decision-making process more democratic and, therefore, less destructive.},
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