hmmmm...sounds like a book I need to buy. Part of what I teach is environmental science. Always good to have something else to challenge the "accepted wisdom".
Trashing the Planet by the late Dixy Lee Ray is another good one.
I have some forty-year old Scientific Americans in my possession. The articles in the magazine are a challenge to read, despite the fact that I have a BA in Physics and a MS in engineering. The articles in the recent SciAm's can be breezed through in a few minutes. Jeez, I can even keep one eye shut ;-)
The magazine is simply not what it used to be.
Bump for the late Dixy Lee Ray. Both her books were great!