Death of Environmentalism?

Found this one via E Tenebras, Lux Dormiens.

I've just started working through this series of links in this article. They start off interesting, though obviously bent. Well, they get on topic after a short bit of editorializing. Of course, that's because it's written by someone in the enviromentalist camp. So don't be surprised when you only here the "Global Warming is here now" side.

They do finally get to the point:

Our thesis is this: the environmental community's narrow definition of its self-interest leads to a kind of policy literalism that undermines its power. When you look at the long string of global warming defeats under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, it is hard not to conclude that the environmental movement's approach to problems and policies hasn't worked particularly well. And yet there is nothing about the behavior of environmental groups, and nothing in our interviews with environmental leaders, that indicates that we as a community are ready to think differently about our work.

Looks like a long read. Though these self-assessments of special interest groups can be interesting.