The Bookshelf: March 23, 2016

Trib+Water is joining with respected books authority Kirkus Reviews to bring you select reviews of books of note in the field of water studies. For more book reviews and recommendations, visit Kirkus.com.

GETTING TO GREEN: Saving Nature: A Bipartisan Solution

by Frederic C. Rich

Rich … brings an understanding of both the corporate and environmental worlds to this fresh and welcome analysis of a green movement that “has lost its way.” … He notes that the last major environmental bill passed in the United States, the Clean Air Act of 1990, was a compromise based on a market approach, the kind of legislation not possible in today’s polarized politics. … To repair the breach, conservatives must reassert their traditional leadership of conservation causes … Greens have to learn to compromise … and offer a more hopeful vision … Rich’s call for change is sometimes wildly ambitious and seems especially unobtainable in light of current left-right debates … Essential reading for anyone with a stake in the environmental debate.

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