Talk:List of American non-fiction environmental writers

Abbey
Hi, Abbey's book listed here is a novel/ fiction. He likely has other, non-fiction work, though. Thanks, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 21:12, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on List of American non-fiction environmental writers. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20130310112832/http://www.asle.org/site/resources/related/writers to http://www.asle.org/site/resources/related/writers/

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 09:18, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

list bloat
This is a list of "American non-fiction environmental writers", which in any rational meaning should mean "people who are identified as non-fiction environmental writers" -- i.e., that is primarily or a major part of their identity. This list makes no sense to include anyone who has ever written about environmental themes; that would encompass a large number of all non-fiction writers -- thousands and thousands. So, I've begun to strip some of these writers who are not known primarily for their environmental writing. For instance, Isaac Asimov (known primarily as a SF writer) and Glenn Beck (known primarily as a conservative political commentator). -- Lquilter (talk) 19:34, 3 July 2018 (UTC) I'm going to list below removals and questions for discussion.
 * It seems like a lot of these one-book-on-the-topic entries should really be on a list about books, if the books were particularly influential; not on a list about writers.
 * There's a lot more to do. I just went thru the list & targeted people whose names I knew, or people who had generic-sounding descriptions, or people with NO descriptions. There's a lot more people on this list that should be scrutinized. --Lquilter (talk) 21:12, 3 July 2018 (UTC)


 * removed
 * Isaac Asimov - primarily ID'd as science fiction writer
 * Glenn Beck - primarily known as political commentator
 * Roy Beck - journalist, came to attention for immigration commentary
 * Jared Diamond - one book about ecological collapse in history, among many on a wide array of popular science topics
 * Morgan Downey - nothing in the wikipedia article about him says anything about environmental writing
 * K. Eric Drexler - nanotechnology primarily.
 * Gregg Easterbrook - another generalist who has written many books including one or two about environmental topics
 * Robert E. England - nothing in the wikipedia article about him says anything about environmental writing
 * Paul Fleischman - children's writer according to the wikipedia article.
 * Francis Fukuyama - he is a political scientist or theorist! nothing in his wikipedia article -- or even the entry on this page -- suggests he should be identified as an "environmental writer"
 * Steven F. Hayward - one environmental book in a wide-ranging career does not make someone an "environmental writer"
 * John Ivanko - Does not seem to be primarily a writer.
 * David R. Morgan - Nothing seems to be about environmental writing in the article about him on wikipedia.
 * Edward L. Morse - an energy economist. Nothing seems to be about environmental writing in the article about him on wikipedia.
 * Jane Poynter - Does not seem to be primarily identified as an environmental writer.
 * Michael Shnayerson - biographer, other topics|-
 * Jeffrey St. Clair A Field Guide to Environmental Bad Guys (co-authored) -- he's written many things and not primarily environmental writer
 * John Tanton - Nothing in the wikipedia article about him says anything about environmental writing


 * questions for discussion
 * Robert Bryce - political and particularly energy. But, often from energy-as-economy perspectives; only a fraction of writing on energy / environmental issues. I'm inclined to trim.
 * Ward Churchill - all-round activist, most closely identified with antiracism. He is known as an environmental activist, too, so I'm leaving it as a question.
 * Erik M. Conway - Don't know much about his work other than Merchants of Doubt, but it's not clear from the article about him that he is primarily identified as an environmental writer.
 * Mark Derr - Seems to be mostly writing about dogs, but maybe his environmental writings are a significant component of his work?
 * Jonathan Baxter Harrison - Seems to have written about a number of topics, including environmental ones; leaving him here because he may be well-known in environmental writing circles.