March 16, 2001

'The Greening of Conservative America'

By NINA C. AYOUB

Writing as a Republican prophet in the wilderness, John R. E. Bliese has one big message: "Conservative environmentalist is not an oxymoron."

In his impassioned new book, The Greening of Conservative America (Westview Press), the communications scholar argues that conservatives who oppose environmentalism often violate the very principles they should uphold.

Among those principles are piety toward nature, the realization that society is intergenerational, and the belief that

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