Trashing the Planet, Dixy Lee Ray, with Lou Guzzo
Trashing the Planet, Dixy Lee Ray, with Lou Guzzo
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Trashing the Planet
How Science Can Help Us Deal with Acid Rain, Depletion of the Ozone, and Nuclear Waste (among Other Things)

Author: Dixy Lee Ray, with Lou Guzzo

Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach

Unabridged: 5 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/01/2011


Synopsis

Trashing the Planet is the one book you need to get a commonsense grasp on the contentious issues of environmentalism, where science and politics overlap and wellmeaning idealism turns to counterproductive ecoterrorism. Dixy Lee Ray, a marine biologist and former chair of the Atomic Energy Commission, calls for environmentalists to regain a sense of perspective and not let their ardor carry them into the realm of noble lies. Dr. Ray exposes how little the public knows about the environment, how piddling are mans influences upon itvolcanoes shoot more pollutants into the atmosphere than do all of mans industrial activitiesand how complex are the interactions of natural phenomena. Reminding us that a welltended garden is better than a neglected woodlot, Trashing the Planet is a breath of fresh air in the current debate dominated by rhetorical extremism.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steven on March 31, 2024

THE NUCLEAR POWER ADVOCATE RECOMMENDS A ‘HEALTHY SKEPTICISM’ Dixy Lee Ray (1914-1994) was the governor of Washington from 1977 to 1981, and chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) from 1973 until it was abolished in 1975. She wrote in the Preface to this 1990 book, “This book was written becaus......more

Goodreads review by Mary on October 14, 2019

This book was so interesting on two levels. First, her points on science and politics and media and who has the truth and who people should listen to is very interesting. Ray is a scientist turned politician. But the most interesting part was this book, written by a Democrat in 1990 would easily pas......more