Lowell E. Baier

Earth's Emergency Room (eBook, ePUB)

Saving Species as the Planet and Politics Get Hotter

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In Earth's Emergency Room, author, attorney, and environmental historian Lowell E. Baier celebrates 50 years of the landmark Endangered Species Act of 1973, a bipartisan law passed by Congress and signed into law by President Richard M. Nixon. Baier provides an insightful and entertaining history of the ESA's dramatic highs and lows. His own work with the ESA from its inception to the present, and with the key figures who shaped its history, from field biologists to Presidents of the United States, give the book a unique, human element. He looks back at a lifetime of environmental advocacy and tackles one of today's leading challenges: the unprecedented decline in species due to climate change. Drawing from his extensive experience as a negotiator and activist, Baier argues that the ESA is flexible enough to ameliorate the biodiversity crisis while still respecting landowners, states, and industries. He ultimately calls on all Americans to embrace a spirit of bipartisanship and conservation to strengthen the law that has been Earth's emergency room for half a century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781538194140
• Artikelnr.: 74627805

Autorenporträt

Lowell E. Baier is an attorney as well as a legal and environmental historian and author. He has worked in Washington, D.C., throughout his 60-year career as a tireless advocate for natural resources and wildlife conservation. He holds five doctorate degrees. Baier was recognized as the Conservationist of the Year by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in 2008, by Outdoor Life Magazine in 2010, and by the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies in 2013. In 2016, the National Wildlife Federation awarded him their highest honor, the Jay N. "Ding" Darling Conservation Award for a lifetime of conservation service.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Early Controversies
Chapter 2: The Command-and-Control Generation and the Green Revolution
Chapter 3: Beyond the 100th Meridian
Chapter 4: Babbitt's Jujitsu
Chapter 5: The Far Left's Listing Wars
Chapter 6: The Apex Predator Problem
Chapter 7: The Price Tag for the Endangered Species Act
Chapter 8: Securing Our Future - Funding Wildlife Conservation
Chapter 9: Making Conservation Strategies Flexible
Chapter 10: Partnerships: The Secret to Success
Chapter 11: America Rallies Again - The Promise of the Future
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Appendix A: Endangered Species Act Timeline
Appendix B: Federal Environmental and Consumer Protection Statutes and
Agencies Established during the 1960s and 1970s Green Revolution
Bibliography
Index
Biography of Lowell E. Baier