From Dissent, Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow on climate change on trial; and Jedediah Purdy on an environmentalism for the Left. Al Gore, optimist: The slide show is alive and well, and now he’s training hundreds of mini-Gores — and he claims that in the “struggle between hope and despair”, these days he’s a hope guy. James Fallows on the planet-saving, capitalism-subverting, surprisingly lucrative investment secrets of Al Gore. Scott McLemee reviews Peak Oil: Apocalyptic Environmentalism and Libertarian Political Culture by Matthew Schneider-Mayerson. Mark Hertsgaard reviews What We’re Fighting For Now Is Each Other: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Climate Justice by Wen Stephenson. George Handley reviews Inherit the Holy Mountain: Religion and the Rise of American Environmentalism by Mark Stoll. From The New Yorker, an article on environmentalism’s racist history. Environmentalists are increasingly hugging people, not trees — can solving climate change and achieving “climate justice” become the same thing?
Emma Foehringer Merchant on how the environmental movement has changed. Samantha Page on how the divestment movement has grown 50-fold in just one year. David Roberts on how inefficient climate policies can build support for efficient ones. Did Obama’s decision to nix the Keystone XL pipeline help save the world?
