In 1995, William Cronon published an earthshaking essay titled “The Trouble with Wilderness.” In a nutshell, Cronon argues that wilderness is wholly a human creation, not an exemplar of primordial nature.  Cronon knew his claim would be received as “heretical” to many environmentalists, since the idea of wilderness has for decades been a fundamental tenet–indeed,…Continue Reading…

What are we to make of the ugly campaign still being waged against Andy Revkin for this piece, and, in a parallel effort, against Roger Pielke, Jr, who, in mid February had pointed out that climate data was misrepresented in a Gore slide show at the AAAS conference? What are we to make of Michael…Continue Reading…