list of american non-fiction environmental writers
Table:
Author
Sex
Lifespan
Theme(s)
Selected book
Category

Edward Abbey
M
1927–1989
Various themes
The Monkey Wrench Gang

Virginia Abernethy
F
1934–
Carrying capacity
Population Politics: The Choices that Shape our Future

Terry L. Anderson
M

Free-market environmentalism
Free Market Environmentalism (co-authored)

Ron Arnold
M
1937–
s Natural resource

Isaac Asimov
M
1920–92

Our Angry Earth: A Ticking Ecological Bomb (co-authored)
:Category:Books by Isaac Asimov

Ed Ayres
M

Various themes
God's Last Offer: Negotiating for a Sustainable Future

Ronald Bailey
M
1953–
Global warming

Bruce Barcott
M

Wildlife
The Measure of a Mountain: Beauty and Terror on Mount Rainier

Peter Barnes (entrepreneur)
M

Carbon emissions
Climate Solutions: A Citizen's Guide

Albert Bates
M
1947–
Various themes
Climate in Crisis

Glenn Beck
M
1964–
Various themes
An Inconvenient Book: Real Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems

Roy Beck
M

Urban planning

Art Bell
M
1945–
Climate change
The Coming Global Superstorm

Tom Bender
M

Green architecture
Environmental Design Primer

Henry Beston
M
1888–1968
Natural history
The Outermost House

Robert O. Binnewies
M
1937–
Environmental protection
Palisades: 100,000 acres in 100 years

Brian Black
M

Various themes
Petrolia: The Landscape of America's First Oil Boom

H. Emerson Blake
M

Ecology

Murray Bookchin
M
1921–2006
Social ecology
Our Synthetic Environment (pseudonymously)

Stewart Brand
M
1938–
Various themes
Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto

Lester R. Brown
M
1934–
Various themes
World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse

Marilyn A. Brown
F

Various themes
Climate Change and Global Energy Security

Michael Brune
M

Various themes
Coming Clean: Breaking America's Addiction to Oil and Coal

Robert Bryce (writer)
M

Various themes
Power Hungry: The Myths of "Green" Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future

Ernest Callenbach
M
1929–
Simple living

David George Campbell
M
1949–
Tropical wildlife
A Land of Ghosts

Archie Carr
M
1909–1987
Sea turtle conservation
A Naturalist in Florida

Donald Eaton Carr
M
1903–1986
Air and water pollution
Death of the Sweet Waters

Rachel Carson
F
1907–1964
Environmental impact of pesticides
Silent Spring

Steve Chase
M

Environmental justice

Pratap Chatterjee
M

Various themes
Gold, Greed, and Genocide: Unmasking the Myth of the '49ers

Ward Churchill
M
1947–
Indigenous land rights
Struggle for the Land: Native North American Resistance to Genocide, Ecocide and Colonization

Theo Colborn
M

s Endocrine disruptor
Our Stolen Future : How We Are Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence and Survival (co-authored)

Melissa Coleman
F
1969–
Back-to-the-land movement
This Life Is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone

Barry Commoner
M
1917–
Ecology
Making Peace with the Planet

Philip Connors
M

Wilderness
Fire Season: Field Notes From a Wilderness Lookout

Erik M. Conway
M

Joseph Bharat Cornell
M

Outdoor education
Sharing Nature with Children

Greg Craven (teacher)
M

Climate change
What's the Worst That Could Happen?: A Rational Response to the Climate Change Debate

Heidi Cullen
F

Climate change
The Weather of the Future: Heat Waves, Extreme Storms, and Other Scenes From a Climate-Changed Planet

E. Kyle Datta
M

Renewable energy
Winning the Oil Endgame: Innovation for Profits, Jobs and Security (co-authored)

Laurie David
M
1958–
Climate change
Stop Global Warming: The Solution Is You!

Osha Gray Davidson
M
1954–
Natural history
The Enchanted Braid: Coming to Terms with Nature on the Coral Reef

Kenneth S. Deffeyes
M

Peak oil
Hubbert's Peak

Mark Derr
M

Environment of Florida
Some kind of paradise : a chronicle of man and the land in Florida

Jared Diamond
M
1937–
Various themes
" Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed "

Nate Dickinson
M
1932–2011
Wildlife management
Common Sense Wildlife Management: Discourses on Personal Experiences

Marjory Stoneman Douglas
F
1890–1998
Everglades
The Everglades: River of Grass

Morgan Downey
M

Oil
Oil 101

K. Eric Drexler
M
1955–
Molecular nanotechnology
Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology (not the foreword)

Paul Driessen (lobbyist)
M
1948–
Various themes
Eco-Imperialism: Green Power, Black Death

Gregg Easterbrook
M
1953–
Various themes
A Moment on the Earth

Curtis Ebbesmeyer
M
1943–
Flotsam
Flotsametrics and the Floating World: How One Man's Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionized Ocean Science

Anne H. Ehrlich
F
1933–
Overpopulation
The Stork and The Plow: The Equity Answer to the Human Dilemma (co-authored)

Paul R. Ehrlich
M
1932–
Overpopulation
Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment (co-authored)

Robert E. England
M

Daniel C. Esty
M

Environment of Connecticut
Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage

Arthur Firstenberg
M
1950–
Microwave engineering
Microwaving Our Planet: The Environmental Impact of the Wireless Revolution

Christopher Flavin
M

Natural resources
Power Surge: Guide to the Coming Energy Revolution

David Foreman
M
1947–
Wilderness
Ecodefense: A Field Guide To Monkeywrenching (not the foreword)

Hilary French
F

Environmental analysis

Thomas Friedman
M
1953–
Various themes
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution—And How It Can Renew America

Howard Friel
M

Various themes
Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming

Francis Fukuyama
M
1952–

Buckminster Fuller
M
1895–1983

Approaching the Benign Environment (co-authored)
:Category:Books by Buckminster Fuller

Medard Gabel

Various themes
Environmental Design Science Primer

Ross Gelbspan
M

Global warming
The Heat Is On

Harold Gilliam
M

San Francisco Bay Area
Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Bay: The Struggle to Save San Francisco Bay

Juan Gonzalez (journalist)
M
1947–
Various themes
Fallout: The Environmental Consequences of the World Trade Center Collapse

Jeff Goodell
M

Energy
Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future

David Goodstein
M
1939–
Fossil fuels
Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil

Al Gore
M
1948–
Climate change
An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It
:Category:Books by Al Gore

Dan Haifley
M

Oceanography

John D. Hamaker
M
1914–1994
Various themes

Terri Crawford Hansen
F
1953–
Indigenous rights

Garrett Hardin
M
1915–2003
Overpopulation
Living Within Limits: Ecology, Economics, and Population Taboos

Jonathan Harr
M

Water pollution
A Civil Action

Jonathan Baxter Harrison
M
1835–1907
s Forest

Paul Hawken
M
1946–
Environmental justice
Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming

Steven F. Hayward
M

Richard Heinberg
M

Oil depletion
The Party's Over: Oil, War, and the Fate of Industrial Societies

Lawrence Joseph Henderson
M
1878–
Environmental science
The Fitness of the Environment

Julia Butterfly Hill
F
1974–
Clearcutting
The Legacy of Luna

Erich Hoyt
M
1950–
Conservation : s cetacean
Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises

John Ivanko
M
1966–

Wes Jackson
M
1936–
Polyculture

Derrick Jensen
M
1960–
Civilization
A Language Older Than Words

Van Jones
M
1968–
Environmental economics
The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems

Lierre Keith
F
1964–
Various themes
The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability

Kevin Kelly (editor)
M
1952–
Conservation movement
Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
M
1954–
Environmental law
Crimes Against Nature : How George W. Bush and His Corporate Pals Are Plundering the Country and Hijacking Our Democracy

Bruce Kershner
M
1950–2007
s Old-growth forest
Sierra Club Guide to Ancient Forests of the Northeast

David Korten
M
1937–
Globalization
When Corporations Rule the World

Joel Kovel
M
1936–
Eco-socialism
The Enemy of Nature: The End of Capitalism or the End of the World?

Bernie Krause
M
1938–
Acoustic ecology
The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the World's Wild Places

James Howard Kunstler
M
1948–
Various themes
The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape

Winona LaDuke
F
1959–
Indigenous land rights
All our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life

Richard Lamm
M
1935–

The Angry West: A Vulnerable Land and Its Future

Aldo Leopold
M
1887–1948
Land ethic
A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There

Amory Lovins
M
1947–
Energy policy
Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era (co-authored)
:Category:Books by Amory Lovins

Diane MacEachern
F

Conservation movement
Big Green Purse

Timothy R. McClanahan
M

Ecology : s coral reef
Coral Reefs of the Indian Ocean: Their Ecology and Conservation

Stephen McIntyre
M
1947–
Temperature record of the past 1000 years

Benton MacKaye
M
1879–1975
Conservation movement
The New Exploration: A Philosophy of Regional Planning

Bill McKibben
M
1960–
Global warming
The End of Nature

Barbara McMartin
F
1931–2005
Adirondack Park
The Great Forest of the Adirondacks

John McPhee
M
1931–
Various themes
The Control of Nature

Charles C. Mann
M
1955–
Science
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created

Richard Manning
M
1951–
American prairie
Rewilding the West: Restoration in a Prairie Landscape

George Perkins Marsh
M
1801–1882
Conservationism
The Earth as Modified by Human Action

Ron Pernick
M

Clean technology
The Clean Tech Revolution (co-authored)

Anne Matthews
F

Various themes

Michael J. McGuire
M
1947–
Drinking water quality standards

Dennis Meadows
M
1942–
Environmental economics
The Limits to Growth (co-authored)

Donella Meadows
F
1941–2001

The Limits to Growth (co-authored)

George J. Mitchell
M
1933–

World on Fire: Saving an Endangered Earth

Chris Mooney (journalist)
M
1977–
Various themes
Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming

David R. Morgan
M

Urban planning
Managing Urban America (co-authored)

Edward L. Morse
M
1942–
2000s energy crisis

Ted Nace
M
1956–
Coal industry
Climate Hope: On the Front Lines of the Fight Against Coal

Ralph Nader
M
1934–
Environmental economics
Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile
:Category:Works by Ralph Nader

Naomi Oreskes
F

Global warming
Merchants of Doubt (co-authored)

Henry Fairfield Osborn, Jr.
M
1887–1969
Conservation movement
Our Plundered Planet

Riki Ott
F

Aquatic toxicology
Sound Truth and Corporate Myth$: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

David Naguib Pellow
M
1969–
Various themes
Garbage Wars: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Chicago

Frederik Pohl
M
1919–

Our Angry Earth: A Ticking Ecological Bomb (co-authored)
:Category:Books by Frederik Pohl

Michael Pollan
M
1955–
Food
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
:Category:Books by Michael Pollan

Carl Pope
M

Various themes
Strategic Ignorance: Why the Bush Administration Is Recklessly Destroying a Century of Environmental Progress (co-authored)

Sandra Postel
F

Fresh water

Jane Poynter
F

Robert Michael Pyle
M
1947–
s Forest
Wintergreen

Ray Raphael
M
1943–
Environment of California
Edges: Human Ecology of the Backcountry

Paul Rauber
M

Strategic Ignorance: Why the Bush Administration Is Recklessly Destroying a Century of Environmental Progress

Andrew Revkin
M

Global warming
The North Pole Was Here: Puzzles and Perils at the Top of the World

Jeremy Rifkin
M
1945–
Various themes
The Green Lifestyle Handbook: 1001 Ways to Heal the Earth (edited by Rifkin)

Paul Roberts (author)
M

Various themes
The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World

Joseph J. Romm
M
1960–
Energy
The Hype about Hydrogen: Fact and Fiction in the Race to Save the Climate

Donald K. Ross (author)
M

William Ruddiman
M

Paleoclimatology
Plows, Plagues and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate

Kirkpatrick Sale
M
1937–
Various themes
The Green Revolution: The American Environmental Movement

Jonathan Schell
M
1943–
s Nuclear weapon
The Gift of Time: The Case for Abolishing Nuclear Weapons Now

Auden Schendler
M

Sustainability
Getting Green Done

J. Michael Scott
M
1941–
Wildlife

Julian Simon
M
1932–1998
Carrying capacity
The Ultimate Resource

Michael Shnayerson
M
1954–
Various themes

Fred Singer
M
1924–
Air pollution
The Greenhouse Debate Continued

Alexander Skutch
M
1904–2004
Natural history
Helpers at Birds’ Nests: A Worldwide Survey of Cooperative Breeding and Related Behavior

Ted Smith (environmentalist)
M
1945–
Electronic waste
Challenging the Chip (co-authored)

Gary Snyder
M
1930–
Deep ecology

David A Sonnenfeld
M

Environmental social science
Challenging the Chip (co-authored)

James Gustave Speth
M
1942–
Various themes
Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment

Jeffrey St. Clair
M
1959–
Various themes
A Field Guide to Environmental Bad Guys (co-authored)

Sandra Steingraber
F
1959–
Pollution
Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment

John Tallmadge
M

Nature
Reading Under the Sign of Nature: New Essays in Ecocriticism (co-edited)

John Tanton
M
1934–

Sarah McFarland Taylor
F

Various themes
Green Sisters: A Spiritual Ecology

Henry David Thoreau
M
1817–1862
Various themes

:Category:Books by Henry David Thoreau

Karen J. Warren
F
1947–
Various themes

Arthur Waskow
M
1933–
Various themes
Torah of the Earth: Exploring 4,000 Years of Ecology in Jewish Thought

Harvey Wasserman
M
1945–
Anti-nuclear movement in the United States
Killing Our Own: The Disaster of America’s Experience with Atomic Radiation (co-authored)

Alan Weisman
M
1947–
Human extinction
The World Without Us

Adam Werbach
M
1973–

Tom Wessels
M

Conservation biology
The Myth of Progress: Toward a Sustainable Future

Rex Weyler
M
1947–
Various themes
Greenpeace: The Inside Story

Clint Wilder
M

Clean technology
The Clean Tech Revolution (co-authored) |

E. O. Wilson
M
1929–
Biodiversity
The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth'

Frosty Wooldridge
M
1947–
Human population control
America on the Brink: The Next Added 100 Million Americans

Bruce Yandle
M

Free-market environmentalism
Taking the Environment Seriously

Daniel Yergin
M
1947–
Energy
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power

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