Global warming a hoax? Endangered species and wetland protection mere ploys to promote a socialist agenda? From Ronald Reagan to Rush Limbaugh, from members of Congress to members of the media elite, from the American Petroleum Institute to the Cato Institute, prize-winning, nationally syndicated columnist Ed Flattau takes on the most outspoken critics of mainstream environmentalism. Using his quarter century experience, Flattau shows how they have twisted the facts to sell a faulty vision shaped by ideology, self-aggrandizement, and, on occasion, avarice.
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Over 25 years of writing a syndicated environmental advocacy newspaper column has equipped award-winning journalist Flattau with the insight and ammunition to produce this contentious work, which refutes outspoken opponents of the environmental movement. Flattau covers every current environmental topic (global warming, endangered species, population growth, radon, etc.) while pointing out flaws in the rhetoric of the "environmental bashers," as he calls them, with entire chapters devoted to Ronald Reagan, Dixy Lee Ray, and Rush Limbaugh. Although his strident writing style borders on the fanatical, his well-documented rebuttals are credible and convincing. A more academic approach to the same topic is Paul R. and Anne H. Ehrlich's Betrayal of Science and Reason: How Anti-Environmental Rhetoric Threatens Our Future (Island, 1996). A useful resource for those interested in environmental topics; recommended for public libraries and environmental collections.?Maureen Delaney-Lehman, Lake Superior State Univ. Lib., Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Flattau executes a thorough and relentless attack on corporations and politicians who would weaken environmental policy...The book provides thoughtful material for readers on both sides of the environmental debate -- CHOICE Magazine, June 1998
Flattau offers a compendium of concise, fact-packed and invigoratingly sarcastic refutations of all the common arguments against environmentalism -- Sierra Magazine, Sept./Oct. 1998
Flattau's long career has exposed him to the anti-environmental movement's every stratagem... -- Washington City Paper, May 1998
Flattau's well-documented rebuttals are credible and convincing... -- Library Journal, January 1998
No one is in a better position to puncture the balloons of the Rush Limbaugh types that Ed Flattau -- Stuart Udall, Former Secretary, US Department of the Interior, January 1998
Flattau offers a compendium of concise, fact-packed and invigoratingly sarcastic refutations of all the common arguments against environmentalism -- Sierra Magazine, Sept./Oct. 1998
Flattau's long career has exposed him to the anti-environmental movement's every stratagem... -- Washington City Paper, May 1998
Flattau's well-documented rebuttals are credible and convincing... -- Library Journal, January 1998
No one is in a better position to puncture the balloons of the Rush Limbaugh types that Ed Flattau -- Stuart Udall, Former Secretary, US Department of the Interior, January 1998
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FINALLY, AN ENVIRONMENTAL BOOK WITH NO RHETORIC,
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This review is from: Tracking the Charlatans: An Environmental Columnist's Refutational Handbook for the Propaganda Wars (Paperback)
Edward Flattau provides a masterful compilation of valid environmental statisitics as well as a down-to-earth analysis of todays environmental problems. This book gave me tons of amunition for todays ongoing environmental wars, a must read for any environmentalist or concerned citizen.
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Good, hard-hitting indictment of the anti-environmentalists.,
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This review is from: Tracking the Charlatans: An Environmental Columnist's Refutational Handbook for the Propaganda Wars (Paperback)
Mr. Flattau tears into the anti-environmentalists from page one and never lets up. He is to be commended for his non-mainstream appraisal of just why the issues of global warming and planetary degradation are still being denied by high-profile commentators and naysayers in the media. His love of aliteration in his writing style sometimes grates on the reader's nerves, but that aside, Tracking the Charlatans is a well written and worth while read for anyone interested in the politics of environmentalism and the survival of our world.
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Flattau never compromises integrity or truth.,
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This review is from: Tracking the Charlatans: An Environmental Columnist's Refutational Handbook for the Propaganda Wars (Paperback)
I've known Ed Flattau and his wife for over 20 years. This guy leaves no stones unturned, minces no words and doesn't care where the chips fall. As a reporter, he's after the truth and does not compromise his integrity to uncover it.An excellent book for all ages--should be mandatory in the schools!
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