Tom Andersen

This Fine Piece of Water has an environmental-movement spin — the geology and history lead up to a story of hypoxia in the late 80s and CT's and NY's attempts to curb nitrogen discharge into Long Island Sound. The author is a former journalist who was covering environmental news at the time, and so has some detailed knowledge of the politics and players.

This book comes with a great pedigree — it's published by Yale University Press, with a forward by Robert Kennedy, Jr., and the author has an EPA award for journalism. The source material is broad and includes interviews by the author, and Andersen also has a grasp of both science and politics, both of which are absolutely critical for understanding and explaining environmental policy.… (altro)