Earth's Emergency Room: Saving Species as the Planet and Politics Get Hotter

Lowell E. Baier's Earths Emergency Room celebrates 50 years of the Endangered Species Act, highlighting its highs and lows and offering solutions to the biodiversity crisis.

Format: Hardback
Length: 338 pages
Publication date: 16 April 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Lowell E. Baier, an author, attorney, and environmental historian, commemorates the 50th anniversary of the historic Endangered Species Act of 1973, a bipartisan legislation enacted by Congress and signed into law by President Richard M. Nixon. Baier offers a captivating and informative account of the ESA's remarkable highs and lows. His personal involvement with the ESA, spanning from its inception to the present, and his interactions with influential figures who shaped its history, including field biologists and U.S. Presidents, lend the book a distinctive human touch. Reflecting on his lifelong commitment to environmental advocacy, Baier addresses the pressing issue of the unprecedented decline in species due to climate change. Drawing from his extensive experience as a negotiator and activist, Baier contends that the ESA possesses the necessary flexibility to address the biodiversity crisis while simultaneously respecting landowners, states, and industries. Ultimately, he urges all Americans to embrace a spirit of bipartisanship and conservation to fortify the law that has served as Earth's emergency room for half a century.

Weight: 594g
Dimension: 237 x 161 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538194133