A Moment on the Earth: The Coming Age of Environmental Optimism.
by Gregg Easterbrook
Reviewed by Michael Specter
IT has been just 25 years since a group of long-haired, sandal-clad activists came up with the idea of Earth Day as a way to publicize the struggling environmental movement. But that's more than enough time for a revolution. The United States–a country where not long ago major rivers were so polluted they sometimes caught fire; where the signature bird, the bald eagle, was threatened with extinction; and where urban air became deadlier every year– has pursued environmental protection with a zeal reserved for only the gravest social problems. Read more »
Michael Specter has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1998.
