This Almanac of Environmental Trends is an example of the creative destruction of the marketplace, or, in the language of popular culture, a “reboot” of a stale franchise—the annual Index of Leading Environmental Indicators. Since 1994, the Index has reported highlights of environmental trends in the United States, most—though not all—of which have been steadily improving. The 2011 Almanac of Environmental Trends brings tracking environmental progress fully into the 21st century of real-time analysis and commentary. The Almanac explores the nature and sources of environmental progress, affirming the central role of markets, technology, and human creativity in solving the environmental challenges of our time.
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Steven F. Hayward is Senior Fellow at the Pacific Research Institute and the F.K Weyerhaeuser Fellow in Law and Economics at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington DC. He holds a Ph.D. in American Studies and an M.A. in Government from Claremont Graduate School, and has been a visiting professor at Georgetown University and Ashland University. He writes frequently on a wide range of current topics, including environmentalism, law, economics, and public policy for publications including National Review, Reason, The Weekly Standard, The American Spectator, The Public Interest, the Claremont Review of Books, and Policy Review. In addition to being the principal author of the Index of Leading Environmental Indicators for 15 years, his most recent book is Mere Environmentalism.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Rebecca
This book reminds me of the great Dummies series and the old Farmer's Alamanc. It's easy to read, full of clear charts and graphs, contains interesting facts, and best of all, it discusses where we've made environmental improvements and what still needs to be done. A great gift book for grads and young people.
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By R. Magritte
The last reviewer has it right (i.e. this is a book for Dummies). This is not a science book and it's not written by an environmental scientist. But the author has no problem presenting chart after chart to say that "business as usual" is good, that we should keep investing in our fossil fuels, that climate change is a fiction and by the way, let's not worry about biodiversity losses because we don't know enough about them.
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By S. Ryan
The Almanac is a must-have resource for anyone who wants to cut through the political spin surrounding the environmental debate and access the hard facts. This book puts the lie to many of the chicken-little arguments made by media sensationalists. Highly informative, this book is a well researched, beautifully written, fact-driven, and fascinating.
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