Green Backlash: Global Subversion of the Environmental Movement

Rowell Andrew

Routledge Chapman & Hall, 1996 - Science - 476 pages

The tide is turning against environmentalism as the political right, industry and governments fight back.
Green Backlash is a controversial expose of the anti-environmental movement. Tracing the rise of the backlash from the Wise Use movement in the USA, the author reveals its rapid spread worldwide: the anti-roads movement in the UK, forestry debates in Canada and Australia, marine resource issues in Europe, South-East Asia, and controversies such as the Brent Spar.
The backlash is set to get worse as the resource wars intensify. This book offers a greater understanding of the challenges and threats facing global environmentalism, concluding that the environmental movement now has a chance to re-evaluate and change for the better to beat the backlash - a chance that must not be missed.

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Review: Green Backlash: Global Subversion of the Environment Movement

User Review  - Gareth Brock - Goodreads

Bought and read this when it came out in 1996. Got parted with it soon after and recently felt the need to re-acquire as there were some startling observations and revelations made that need further attention. A powerful read

Review: Green Backlash: Global Subversion of the Environment Movement

User Review  - John - Goodreads

This book did a great job of explaining how environmentalism got marginalized by some fairly elaborate schemes put into play by some very rich people.

About the author

Andrew Rowell is a Freelance Environmental Consultant who has researched and written extensively about contemporary environmental issues with Greenpeace and other organisations.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Green Backlash: Global Subversion of the Environmental Movement
• Author: Rowell Andrew
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Routledge Chapman & Hall, 1996
• ISBN: 0415128277, 9780415128278
• Length: 476 pages
• Subjects: Science / Environmental Science