RACHEL Carson’s ecological wake up call, “Silent Spring,” initially appeared as a series of essays in The New Yorker in June, 1962. Her work launched America’s modern environmental movement and set the stage for the Earth Day celebration of 1970 On April 10, 1995, just a few days short of the 25th anniversary of Earth […]

THE simple homily “Save the whales!” began as a plea to stop the harvesting of great blue and other large whales. It was inspired by our first Earth Day 25 years ago. Shortly thereafter, it became a rallying cry for the green revolution For more than 20 years, the idea was widely supported without question. […]

IN THE 25 years since Earth Day, increased environmental concern has helped us avoid some mistakes by focusing attention on many environmental problems. But concern alone is insufficient. No amount of concern will be enough to avoid environmental harm if information is of poor quality and incentives are perverse. How can we best channel our […]