The debate over The Death of Environmentalism, and NYT columnist Nicholas Kristof's reaction to it, continues.
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/031705EA.shtml
The publication and wide dissemination of the essay "The Death of Environmentalism" is a healthy indication of a movement engaging in useful self-examination and vigorous debate - unless you're Nicholas Kristof, in which case it's an indication that "the movement is in deep trouble."
Kristof, who apparently did not read beyond this sentence, interprets this as an admission that environmentalists have lost credibility due to crying "wolf." Examples: Caribou herds are thriving despite enviros' warnings about the construction of the Alaska Pipeline, the ban on DDT to save bald eagles "has led to hundreds of thousands of malaria deaths," and the dire predictions made in the 1960s around the burgeoning growth of global population have not come true.
The only problem with this damning thesis is that it is wrong on all counts.
Posted by Dave at March 18, 2005 09:54 AM