In his new book, “Terrible Beauty — Reckoning with Climate Complicity and Rediscovering Our Soul,” author Auden Schendler discusses the shortcomings of modern environmentalism. The book was published ...

Traditional environmentalism focuses on preserving nature but sometimes ignores how pollution and climate change directly affect peoples health. Photo courtesy of 3rwaterkeeper via Instagram ...

The reality of modern environmentalism is that many products aren’t just eco-friendly alternatives; they are now the modern product that fits a customer’s needs, such as recycled business cards.

1. Wilderness and the origins of modern environmentalism, 1967-1976 -- Why a wilderness act? -- Speaking for wilderness -- The popular politics of wilderness -- New environmental tools for an old ...

Ever since modern environmentalism took off in the 1960s, people have tried to undo the damage humans have caused to nature. Efforts have ranged from reducing threats, to restoring habitats, to ...

The modern environmental movement grew directly out of ‘Ban the Bomb’ and fear of radiation. In fact, Carson was inspired to write Silent Spring, about the threat of the overuse of pesticides, by the ...

Dr. Peter Kareiva, of the Nature Conservancy, often notes that by its own measures the conservation movement is failing, and in order to survive, it has to work with development, not stop it.

Robert Righter, a history professor at Southern Methodist University, chronicles the damming of the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park. Although the water needs of San Francisco won out ...