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Discusses U.S. President George W. Bush's environmental program. Bush's view of nature as a resource to be exploited; How Bush, rather than safeguarding the mountains and forests, is dismantling his nation's environmental heritage; History of environmentalism in the U.S.; Political significance of the wilderness; Establishment of national parks; Bush's exploitation of the environment; Ways that the government is undermining environmental controls; How millions of acres of wilderness are being opened up to logging, mining, oil and gas drilling.

Presents the author's views on how American environmental policy and the media hype surrounding the forthcoming Group of 8 (G8) summit meeting in Scotland. Suggestion that British Prime Minster Tony Blair and British media have convinced themselves that the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush is under critical pressure to change U.S. policy on global warming but that this is in reality not true; Review of the work of Bush's secretary for the environment Christine Whitman; Suggestion that Whitman was let go for taking into consideration new evidence regarding global warming.