Perspectives on American environmentalism

摘要: David Schlosberg and Elizabeth Bomberg environment or improving its condition–is facing significant challenges in the United States (US). Confronted with new, enormous environmental risks, facing fierce opposition from a two term Bush administration, and accused–from within its own ranks–of a death-like lack of vision, stagnation and shortsightedness, modern US environmentalism appears to be in rough if not in the contemporary US. It suggests that for a corpse, the American environmental movement has been quite energetic the past few years. From the growth of state and local groups, to the development of a variety of alliances competence, to participation on the international stage, environmentalism in the US remains very much alive, active, and vibrant. Clearly, American environmentalism is not dead, nor does it need to be put down in order for something else to take its place. The grandiose claim to the …