"Ever wonder about the story of the Cuyahoga River catching fire in Cleveland? Or the accuracy of Rachel Carson's dire warnings about DDT? Or the systematic attempt to discredit prominent scientists who question that there is a significant man-made impact on global temperatures? If you care about the environment, Iain Murray's book is a valuable resource. Murray's book questions politically correct myths that endanger both the environment and public safety."--(John R. Lott, economist and author of Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't)

"Iain Murray, again and again, demonstrates that the motivating passion for environmentalism is too often a desire for political control first and environmental improvement second. He has the keenest of eyes for spotting where science ends and utopianism takes its place-and rationally explaining why this is folly. Iain Murray understands and recounts in vivid detail that the control environmentalists seek is not only fool's gold, but is actually the fastest route to a less healthy environment and a poorer society. The only reliable guarantee for sustained environmental health is precisely the freedom and property rights so many environmentalists see as the cause of all our problems."--(Jonah Goldberg, bestselling author and editor-at-large, National Review Online)

"With detailed analysis and insight borne of his unique experience, Iain Murray reveals the consequences for which the 'environmentalist' establishment-and their political and media enablers-have yet to be held accountable, too busy rushing off to once again wreak destruction in the name of another 'greatest threat:' global warming. Murray's account almost makes one yearn for an international criminal court. Almost."--(Christopher C. Horner, bestselling author of The Politically Incorrect GuideTM to Global Warming and Environmentalism)