Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Preface xi
SECTION I
The First Thirty Years: Environmental Awakening
Chapter 1: The Modern Environmental Movement
of the 20th Century 3
SECTION II
Powerful Special Interests Aligned Against
Environmental Protection
Chapter 2: Fossil Fuel Money: Stoking Relentless
Climate Change 19
Chapter 3: Lies, Broken Promises, and Massive
Oil Spills 49
Chapter 4: Its Time for an Oil Change, Clean Cars,
and Clean Energy 79
Chapter 5: Modern Union Busting, and the Decline of
Democracy 87
Chapter 6: Frack-Gas: A Bridge Too Far 99SECTION III
For Our Children
Chapter 7: Hoodwinked and Held Hostage 141
Chapter 8: The U.S. Supreme Court is Undermining
Democracy and Preventing Action on the
Climate Crisis 159
Chapter 9: Environmental Protection in the
Trump Era 191
Chapter 10: As Fires, and Floods Rage as Two Worlds
are Colliding 217
Chapter 11: Repairing the Guardrails: Handing
Off to a New Generation of Leaders 239
Chapter 12: The Betrayal of Our Children:
A Grandfather’s Lament 253
Notes 279
Index 325
About the Author 335