The reports of our death were greatly exaggerated. Was it really only two years ago that we were struggling to digest the dismal message of an essay called "The Death of Environmentalism"? Mass-market magazines are now awash with green-themed cover stories and special features.
Wall Street analysts are thrilled by the discovery of vast new oil fields deep beneath the Gulf of Mexico. But the oil companies will have to cope with the threat of hurricanes and underwater earthquakes.