Background on Rachel Carson. The life of Rachel Carson / Tom Crawford ; Rachel Carson was a hero / Terry Tempest Williams

The environment in Silent Spring. Silent Spring advocates a balanced view of nature / Priscilla Coit Murphy ; Silent Spring calls for a new way of thinking about the environment / John Burnside ; Silent Spring's success stems from its mix of science and storytelling / Dianne Newell ; Silent Spring is a subversive book / Gary Kroll ; Carson used war metaphors to make her point about pesticides / Cheryll Glotfelty ; attacks on Silent Spring were gender based / Michael B. Smith ; Silent Spring does not begin or end the battle over pesticide policy / Rachel Carson ; Silent Spring challenges our commitment to environmental safety / Marla Cone ; Silent Spring exaggerated the case against pesticides / Ronald Bailey ; Silent Spring's critics distort Carson's case / Brian Bethune ; Carson won a battle but lost the war over environmental policy / Colin Tudge

Contemporary perspectives on the environment. Modern capitalism causes needless waste of natural resources / David R. Loy ; Pesticides are still poisoning the planet / Christopher D. Cook ; Environmentalists devalue human life / Wesley J. Smith ; The 2010 Gulf oil spill provides lessons about preventing future disasters / Douglas N. Rader ; Environmentalists are the enemy of progress and happiness / James Delingpole ; DDT should be a last resort in fighting malaria / NewsRx Health Editors ; National security and environmentalism must work collaboratively / Gal Luft.