May 8, 2015
May 8, 2015
The Green Book
Introduction
Gideon Rose
Last Updated 05/19/15
The Green Book
Our best writing on animals, natural resources, pollution, energy, and climate change.
28 Articles
28 Articles
Table of Contents
November 19, 2009
November 19, 2009
Where the Wild Things Were
How Conservation Efforts are Faltering
Steven Sanderson
March/April 2012
March/April 2012
The Globalization of Animal Welfare
More Food Does Not Require More Suffering
Miyun Park and Peter Singer
February 5, 2014
February 5, 2014
Africa’s Anti-Poaching Problem
How Wildlife Trade Bans Are Failing the Continent's Animals
Alexander Kasterine
March/April 2014
March/April 2014
Networking Nature
How Technology Is Transforming Conservation
Jon Hoekstra
April 28, 2015
April 28, 2015
Animal Rights, Animal Wrongs
The Case for Nonhuman Personhood
Steven M. Wise
August 20, 2013
August 20, 2013
The Day the Earth Ran Out
The Causes and Consequences of Earth Overshoot Day
Carter Roberts
July/August 2012
July/August 2012
Environmental Alarmism, Then and Now
The Club of Rome’s Problem—and Ours
Bjorn Lomborg
September/October 2012
September/October 2012
Is Growth Good?
Resources, Development, and the Future of the Planet
Frances Beinecke; Dennis Meadows; Jørgen Randers; John Harte; Bjorn Lomborg
October 18, 2012
October 18, 2012
No Wars for Water
Why Climate Change Has Not Led to Conflict
Shlomi Dinar, Lucia De Stefano, James Duncan, Kerstin Stahl,
November/December 2013
November/December 2013
The Devolution of the Seas
The Consequences of Oceanic Destruction
Alan B. Sielen
July 23, 2013
July 23, 2013
How Yemen Chewed Itself Dry
Farming Qat, Wasting Water
Adam Heffez
July 18, 2014
July 18, 2014
Suicide By Drought
How China is Destroying Its Own Water Supply
Sulmaan Khan
March/April 2013
March/April 2013
A Light in the Forest
Brazil's Fight to Save the Amazon and Climate-Change Diplomacy
Jeff Tollefson
October 7, 2013
October 7, 2013
The Reincarnation Machine
From Cars to Skyscrapers, Indiana to Shandong
Adam Minter
September/October 2007
September/October 2007
The Great Leap Backward?
The Costs of China's Environmental Crisis
Elizabeth C. Economy
June 10, 2014
June 10, 2014
Pollution Without Revolution
Why China's Environmental Crisis Won't Bring Down the Regime
Scott Moore
February 25, 2015
February 25, 2015
Harder to Breathe
India's Pollution Crisis—And What To Do About It
Ira Trivedi
November/December 2011
November/December 2011
Why We Still Need Nuclear Power
Making Clean Energy Safe and Affordable
Ernest Moniz
May/June 2012
May/June 2012
Tough Love for Renewable Energy
Making Wind and Solar Power Affordable
Jeffrey Ball
July/August 2012
July/August 2012
Cleaning Up Coal
From Climate Culprit to Solution
Richard K. Morse
May/June 2014
May/June 2014
Don't Just Drill, Baby -- Drill Carefully
How to Make Fracking Safer for the Environment
Fred Krupp
December 13, 2011
December 13, 2011
How Chinese Innovation is Changing Green Technology
Beijing's Big Gamble on Renewables
S. Julio Friedmann
March/April 2014
March/April 2014
The First Cold War
The Environmental Lessons of the Little Ice Age
Deborah R. Coen
March/April 2009
March/April 2009
The Geoengineering Option
A Last Resort Against Global Warming?
David G. Victor, M. Granger Morgan, Jay Apt, John Steinbruner, Katharine Ricke
March 27, 2013
March 27, 2013
The Truth About Geoengineering
Science Fiction and Science Fact
David G. Victor, M. Granger Morgan, Jay Apt, John Steinbrune
May/June 2012
May/June 2012
The Climate Threat We Can Beat
What It Is and How to Deal With It
David G. Victor, Charles F. Kennel, Veerabhadran Ramanathan
September/October 2013
September/October 2013
How Big Business Can Save the Climate
Multinational Corporations Can Succeed Where Governments Have Failed
Jerry Patchell and Roger Hayter