From the publisher: Award-winning investigative journalist Jeffrey St. Clair presents a shocking look at the war on the home front: the battle against the earth. From the ancient forests of Oregon to the toxic wasteland of Cancer Alley, St. Clair exposes the convergence of forces that are driving the exploitation of the environment: corrupt politicians, greed-driven corporadoes, apathetic bureaucrats and complicit corporate media, owned and funded by the very same businesses that are driving the ruination of the natural world.
St. Clair shows how the compromises of the Clinton era, from the hollowing of the Endangered Species Act to loosening of rules on toxic chemicals, opened the door for the wholesale rape-and-pillage of the Bush years.
Unsparing, yes. But not hopeless. From Apaches in Arizona fighting the Vatican's telescope on their sacred mountain to tree-sitters in the California redwoods, St. Clair chronicles a vibrant new movement is confronting the forces of despoliation at every turn, united in their demand for environmental justice.