Books that question the conventional wisdom on the environment

A year and half ago the novelist Michael Crichton came up with a list of books that question the conventional wisdom on the environment.One title on his list:The Culture Cult by Roger SandallIn "The Culture Cult: Designer Tribalism and Other Essays," anthropologist Roger Sandall explores romantic primitivism--the myth of Eden and the Noble Savage. Mr. Sandall's histories of utopian communities (