Eco-Sanity: A Common-Sense Guide to Environmentalism

Eco-Sanity cuts through rhetoric, false alarms, and media hype to deliver concise and authoritative summaries of what we know about the most important environmental issues of our time. It's easy to read, loaded with facts, and extensively documented. It describes the considerable progress made since 1960 in cleaning and protecting the environment, and challenges the environmental movement to adopt new tactics to ensure that the progress continues. And it provides the tools needed to make this change, including seven rules of critical thinking, seven lessons from science, and a 40-point plan of action for the future.

From acid rain to toxic chemicals, Eco-Sanity contains everything you need to know to become a more effective advocate of environmentalism in the new millennium.

Executive Summary

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface - Acknowledgements - Authors' Note (11 pages)

A Fable for Today (9 pages)

Our World Is Getting Cleaner (part 1, 18 pages)
Our World Is Getting Cleaner (part 2, 18 pages)

What about Cancer (19 pages)

The "Crisis of the Month" Club

• January: Global Warming (17 pages)
• February: Ozone Depletion (18 pages)
• March: Acid Rain (12 pages)
• April: Deforestation (13 pages)
• May: Pesticides (18 pages)
• June: Nuclear Power (13 pages)
• July: Automobiles (16 pages)
• August: Resource Depletion (16 pages)
• September: Plastic (13 pages)
• October: Electromagnetic Fields (12 pages)
• November: Oil Spills (11 pages)
• December: Toxic Chemicals: part 1 (13 pages)
• December: Toxic Chemicals: part 2 (18 pages)
• Which problems are real? (5 pages)

Prosperity and the Environment: part 1 (13 pages)
Prosperity and the Environment: part 2 (12 pages)

Why Can't the Government Protect the Environment? part 1 (15 pages)
Why Can't the Government Protect the Environment? part 2 (15 pages)

Rules for Eco-Sanity (7 pages)

• Facts to Remember (5 pages)
• Rules of Critical Thinking (7 pages)
• Lessons from Science (7 pages)
• Principles of Political Economy (6 pages)
• Lessons from False Alarms (6 pages)

A Common-Sense Agenda (29 pages)

• Cleaner Air (11 pages)
• Cleaner Water (9 pages)
• Managing Toxic Chemicals (8 pages)
• Protecting Public Lands and Wildlife (9 pages)
• Solid Waste Solutions (10 pages)
• What Concerned Environmentalists Should Do (8 pages)

The End of the Road (5 pages)

Bibliography and Index (14 pages)

Authors and Publisher (5 pages)