Ignoring The Apocalypse: Why Planning To Prevent Environmental Catastrophe Goes Astray (Politics And The Environment)

Ignoring the Apocalypse: Why Planning to Prevent Environmental Catastrophe Goes Astray (Politics and the Environment)

Environmentalists often predict an Apocalypse is coming: The earth will heat up like a greenhouse. We will run out of energy. Overpopulation will lead to starvation and war. Nuclear winter will kill all plants and animals. During the past fifty to one hundred years, Americans have heard many prophecies of doom, such as the Club of Rome report predicting the world economy would crash about the year 2020. These do not come as complete surprises without any warnings. Sometimes the United States simply ignores the threats, but other times it makes plans to prevent them. This provocative book asks whether American planning is different for dangers that are truly apocalyptic?ones that could end life on the planet or at least modern economic prosperity.