ISIL Freedom Network: Global > Books > Environment

EnvironmentalGore
Source: Pacific Research Institute
Author: various authors
Country: United States

A constructive response to VP Al Gore's book "Earth in the Balance". This book offers a competing environmental vision in a point/counterpoint fashion. Available from PRI, price: $21.95

Global Warming and Other Eco Myths
Source: CEI/Amazon.com
Author: Ronald Bailey (Editor)
Country: United States

Bailey assembles some of the most respected researchers in the country to explode the myths behind environmental doom and gloom scenarios, and expose how the environmental movement uses false science to scare us to death and stymie progress. (Pub. 9/02; 320 pp. paperback; Amazon price $17.47)

The True State of the Planet
Source: The Free Press / Competitive Enterprise Institute
Author: Ronald Bailey, ed.
Country: United States

Ten environmental scholars challenge the orthodoxy of reactionary environmentalists. (1995)

Eco-Sanity: A Common-Sense Guide to Environmentalism
Source: Heartland Institute
Author: Joseph L. Bast, Peter J. Hill, and Richard C. Rue
Country: United States

This book's most important themes are that the world is getting cleaner, not dirtier; there is no "environmental crisis" on the horizon; and prosperity is compatible with a cleaner environment. It presents some tips for critical thinking about the environment, as well as a common-sense environmental agenda. 320 pages, US$12.95/paper, US$22.95/hc. (second edition, 1996)

A Blueprint for Environmental Education
Source: Political Economy Research Center
Author: edited by Jane S. Shaw
Country: United States

A collection of essays by educators and economists who point out current problems with environmental education and introduce economics as a solution. Available from PERC for $5. (4/99)

Chemicals, Cancer, and Choices: Risk Reduction through Markets
Source: Cato Institute
Author: Peter VanDoren
Country: United States

Rather than blind hysteria and the usual ongoing push for more regulation, the author shows how market mechanisms are the best risk management technique for dealing with the health and environmental dangers posed by some chemicals. Available from the Cato Institute. Order the book online at the link provided. 100 pages, $16.95 - cloth, $8.95 - paper. (6/99)

Wild in Woods: The Myth of the Noble Eco-Savage
Source: Amazon.com/Institute of Economic Affairs
Author: Robert Whelan
Country: United Kingdom

Robert Whelan dispels some of the myths about how indigenous populations lived in harmony with the natural environment. The book is a wake-up call for anyone who believes modern societies are more careless with their natural resources than primitive ones. For more information on the book, also visit: http://www.iea.org.uk/books/env14.htm (Paperback, 1999, Amazon price: $22.50)

Fearing Food: Risk, Health, and Environment
Source: Amazon.co.uk/Butterworth-Heinemann
Author: Roger Bate and Julian Morris
Country: United Kingdom

Bate and Morris present a topical discussion of current issues surrounding the health and safety of food. The book explains that all substances are toxic at some level and presents the relative risk arguments for prioritizing concerns. (Paperback, 1999, AmazonUK price: £15.99)

Ecology, Liberty and Property
Source: CEI/Laissez Faire
Author: Jonathan H. Adler
Country: United States

A free-market environmental reader. "The fundamental problem with existing environmental laws," the book reports, "is that they embody a command-and-control, government-knows-best mentality . . . centralized regulatory agencies are ill-equipped to handle myriad ecological interactions." CEI 2000, paperback, 257 p., $12.50 from Laissez Faire.

Beyond Romanticism: Questioning the green gospel
Source: Centre for Independent Studies
Author: Samuel Gregg
Country: United States

"Beyond Romanticism seeks to help forestall attempts on the part of those Christians who might be tempted, unwittingly or otherwise, to turn churches into highly politicised environmental lobby groups." A$12.95 (8/00)

Revised edition of 'Free-Market Environmentalism'
Source: Political Economy Research Center
Author: Terry L. Anderson and Donald R. Leal
Country: United States

Updated information and two new chapters on free-market approaches to environmental protection and improvement are available in the revision to Anderson's and Leal's classic. (256p., pb, 2000, Palgrave price: $18.95.)

Sustainable Development: Promoting progress or perpetuating poverty
Source: Amazon.co.uk/Profile Books
Author: Julian Morris
Country: United Kingdom

Morris argues that central planning will hinder, not help, the cause of sustainable development. (Pub. 8/02, trade paper, 380 pp., Amazon UK price 11.99 pounds)

Ecological Agrarian
Source: PERC
Author: J. Bishop Grewell and Clay J. Landry
Country: United States

An examination of "agriculture's first revolution in 10,000 years". (Pub. 9/03, $24.95 from PERC)

Natural Process: That Environmental Laws May Serve the Laws of Nature
Source: Wildergarten Press
Author: Mark Edward Vande Pol
Country: United States

An excellent examination of environmental politicking, from a scientist who's been through the process. Insightful analyses and unique solutions make this book a winner for free-market environmental wonks and lay conservationists alike. (Pub. 2001; trade paper; 460 pp.; $29.95)

Eco-Nomics: What Everyone Should Know about Economics and the Environment
Source: Cato Institute/Amazon.com
Author: Richard L Stroup
Country: United States

A free-market environmentalism gem. In just four chapters and spanning under 90 pages of text, Richard Stroup makes a clear case for why the free market is a better solution for environmental problems than state-based coercion. Book of the Month, 6/03. (Pub. 5/03; 91 pp.; paper; Amazon price $9.95)

Traces of environmental chemicals in the human body: Are they a health risk?
Source: ACSH
Author: Michael Kamrin
Country: United States

Newly-revised booklet by ACSH documenting the latest scientific results of studies in environmental health. In PDF format (free download) or $5 for a print booklet. (5/03)

Global Warming and Other Eco-Myths
Source: Prima/Laissez Faire Books
Author: Ronald Bailey (Ed.)
Country: United States

A thorough demolition of "ideological environmentalism" and its misguided assertions. Ten chapters that refute common eco-myths, along with a "Benchmarks" section that explains relevant economic and environmental measures. Freedom Book of the Month, 2/03. (Pub. 8/02, 371 pp., hardcover, LFB price $24.95)

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