Eco-Sanity:
A Common-Sense Guide to Environmentalism

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Authors' Note

1. A Fable for Today

2. Our World Is Getting Cleaner
    Messengers of doom
    Air quality
    Water quality
    Food supply
    Forests
    Solid waste
    Energy supplies
    Conclusion

3. What About Cancer?
    The cancer scare
    What is cancer?
    Is the rate of cancer increasing?
    Cancer and pollution
    Animal testing and false alarms
    Epidemiology and false alarms
    Conclusion

4. The "Crisis of the Month" Club
    January: Global Warming
    February: Ozone Depletion
    March: Acid Rain
    April: Deforestation
    May: Pesticides
    June: Nuclear Power
    July: Automobiles
    August: Resource Depletion
    September: Plastic
    October: Electromagnetic Fields
    November: Oil Spills
    December: Toxic Chemicals
    Which problems are real?

5. Prosperity and the Environment
    Markets and pollution
    Why markets protect the environment
    Conclusion

6. Why Can't the Government Protect the Environment?
    Government's record
    The environment and "market failure"
    Conclusion

7. Rules for Eco-Sanity
    Facts to remember
    Rules of critical thinking
    Lessons from science
    Principles of political economy
    Lessons from false alarms

8. A Common-Sense Agenda
    Cleaner air
    Cleaner water
    Managing toxic chemicals
    Protecting public lands and wildlife
    Solid waste solutions
    What concerned environmentalists should do

9. The End of the Road
    The eco-sanity exit

Notes
Bibliography
Index
Authors
The Heartland Institute