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Is There Cause for 'Environmental Optimism'?

机译：是否存在“环境乐观”的根源？

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A Moment on the Earth: The Coming Age of Environmental Optimism by Gregg East-erbrook, Newsweek and Atlantic Monthly contributing editor, has triggered sharp debate on the condition of the environment, U.S. environmental policy, and the environmental movement. Easterbrook argues that the observed condition of the Western world shows human-caused environmental problems are small in scale and moving toward solution. He criticizes environmentalists and some environmental scientists for preaching despair in the face of profound success. The book gives voice to a growing national movement to ease environmental regulations. Easterbrook's thesis, which he promoted in talks and in print months before his book appeared in April, was well received by many who heralded it as a needed antidote to the views of environmentalists. Indeed, the text fits well with demands by regulated businesses for a reexamination if not a rollback of environmental regulations and laws. It also comes at a time when the political influence of environmental organizations is at an all-time low. National groups have become increasingly estranged from community activists who have fueled their movement, and now they face a hostile Congress, a lukewarm president, and a growing belief that environmental laws may not always be needed. To examine if Easterbrook's environmental optimism is justified, ES&T asked former EPA Administrator William Reilly, public health researcher and policy adviser Devra Davis, and former New York Times reporter Philip Shabecoff to comment on the book's thesis and how it fits into the broader issue of whether a turning point in environmental protection has been reached.
机译：地球上的时刻：《新闻周刊》和《大西洋月刊》的特约编辑格雷格·伊斯特布鲁克（Gregg East-erbrook），环境乐观主义者的到来已经引发了人们对环境状况，美国环境政策和环境运动的激烈辩论。伊斯特布鲁克认为，西方世界的观测情况表明，人为造成的环境问题规模很小，正在走向解决。他批评环保主义者和一些环境科学家面对巨大的成功鼓吹绝望。这本书为日益增长的放松环境法规的国家运动发出了声音。伊斯特布鲁克的论文在四月份出版之前的演讲和印刷月份中得到了推广，并受到许多人的好评，他们认为这是环保主义者观点的必要解毒剂。的确，该案文非常符合受监管企业的要求，即即使不回溯环境法规和法律，也需要进行重新审查。这也是在环境组织的政治影响达到历史最低水平的时候。民族团体与推动他们运动的社区活动家之间越来越疏远，现在他们面对敌对的国会，不冷不热的总统，以及越来越多的人相信不一定总是需要环境法。为了检查伊斯特布鲁克对环境的乐观态度是否合理，ES＆T要求前EPA局长威廉·赖利（William Reilly），公共卫生研究人员和政策顾问德夫拉·戴维斯（Devra Davis）以及前《纽约时报》记者菲利普·沙贝科夫（Philip Shabecoff）评论该书的论点以及它是否适合更广泛的问题达到了环境保护的转折点。

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