Reviews for Environmental chemistry

The average rating for Environmental chemistry based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-11-20 00:00:00 Florentino Hidalgo I read this in 2005. It was both infuriating and a highly educational dive into the perspectives at play in how we got into the mess we were in at the time. I'm writing this review today in 2020 as this book is still relevant. It still explains a lot of why we in the US are in the mess we are in now and demonstrates the kinds of horrors that may yet come again.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-01-13 00:00:00 Mark Jeszenka Well written book that describes the rise of key thought-leaders on the right and helps more moderate readers to understand those leaders' outlook. Focuses on real intellectuals rather than Fox News provocateurs. What keeps this from being a 5- or even 4-star book is that the author fails to link these thought-leaders to the business elites and social movements who back them. Ideas don't exist in a vacuum. How did Grover Norquist develop such influence, and who pays his bills? Why did the anti-regulator David McIntosh gain more influence than other young Congressmen? How did Ralph Reed, ostensibly a religious leader and apparently a committed Christian, end up getting corrupted by money? Without answers to these questions I don't think we can really understand the Conservative ascendancy.