On Earth Day, the environmental movement needs repairs

By Bill McKibben

Friday, April 23, 2010

Forty years in, we’re losing.

This weekend, when speakers at Earth Day gatherings across the country hearken back to the first celebration in 1970, they’ll recall great victories: above all, cleaner air and cleaner water for Americans.

But for 20 years now, global warming has been the most important environmental issue — arguably the most important issue the planet has ever faced. And there we can boast an unblemished bipartisan record of accomplishing absolutely nothing.

Lees hele artikel -> www.washingtonpost.com