Green Hell: How Environmentalists Plan to Control Your Life and What You Can Do to Stop Them

by Steve Milloy

Everywhere you look, everything is going green. But soon, this trendy green lifestyle wont be voluntaryit will be mandatory. Milloy shows how the government will soon have you under its green thumb.

Genres: Politics, Environment, Nonfiction, Political Science, Science

294 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Dfordoom · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unlike most books on the subject of the great global warming hoax Steve Milloy’s Green Hell: How Environmentalists Plan to Control Your Life and What You Can Do to Stop Them doesn’t focus on the scientific arguments which as he points out are well documented elsewhere. In any case man-made global warming has been so thoroughly debunked that it’s hardly necessary to labour the point. The science is in, and man-made global warming is not happening.

Milloy’s focus is on the real agenda behind the scam and behind environmentalism in general. Environmentalism of course has nothing to do with science. It’s a political ideology, and a terrifying one.

Milloy documents the outrageous intentions of the greens, an agenda that will wreck economies and lead to lower standards of living throughout the West. In The Third World the consequences will be even more devastating. Green opposition to desperately needed development projects will condemn much of the world’s population to permanent poverty and even death (don’t forget that the green-inspired ban on DVD cost the lives of millions)

He points out many of the less obvious dangers. We all know the greens want to make driving a car more expensive but their policies will also making less safe since the smaller cars they are pressing people to buy have dismal safety records. So it’s a green policy that is already costing lives.

And of course there’s the insane green energy policies. These policies are particularly tragic for Americans since the US has enormous reserves of coal, oil, natural gas and shale oil. There need be no energy crisis in the US for centuries or even millennia, except for the energy crisis the greens are deliberately engineering.

Even more worrying are the incredibly intrusive plans that environmentalists have up their sleeves. Green Big Brother wants to monitor the energy usages of individuals. They already have the technology to do so. So in what used to be the Land of the Free the government will be watching you to see how long you spend in the shower and whether you’ve left your TV set on standby.

It’s important to realise that this kind of intrusiveness, these restrictions on individual freedom, are not just a side-effect. They’re what it’s all about, the creation of an Orwellian socialist nanny state. Social control is the aim.

And forget any fantasies about profitable green industries. Green industries cannot survive without massive subsidisation from the taxpayer. Of course these policies will be irreparable economic damage which as far as radial environmentalists are concerned is a bonus. You can’t bring in the green socialist utopia unless you first destroy capitalism. Amazingly a huge number of large corporations have been browbeaten by the greens into supporting the destruction of their own industries.

A depressing book but Milloy ends on an upbeat note, reminding us that the very tactics used by the greens can often be used just as successfully by their opponents.

An excellent book and highly recommended to anyone who values freedom and western civilisation.

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book pointed out a lot of inconsistencies and possible dangers to society in the "green movement," but I am not at all certain that there is a concerted "movement" as such, especially after reading this book. Mr. Milloy begins the book with the premise that there is a green "conspiracy" to interfere with our freedoms and liberties but continues to prove that there is not a "conspiracy" as such.

If Mr. Milloy were not so dogmatic in his anti-green campaign and could stick to a more honest analysis of the issues, I think the book would be better received by many more people and his message, which I believe is generally a very important one, might be more widely heard by Americans.

[Matthew Ciarvella · Rating 1 out of 5]

I picked up this book because, after reading "Green is the New Red" by Will Potter, I felt that I should read something that would serve as a counter-argument. Something to help keep my opinions balanced to prevent the "political echo chamber" effect that happens if you only ever read or watch things that support the views you already agree with.

Sadly, this book was a terrible choice for something that could make a case against environmentalism.

This book has left me with a new resolution: from now on, I'm only going to read books that argue against my particular ideas and political positions. If "Green is the New Red" left me feeling depressed about the state of animal activism, this book had the opposite effect; not only am I on the WINNING side, but it's a really terrifying, incredibly powerful side. Our reach is nigh infinite and our victory is all but assured.

I tell you, it feels awesome to be on the verge of total green victory. If only it were anything close to true.

Aside from the schadenfreude factor, however, Milloy's book leaves a lot to be desired. Greens are THE ENEMY and they are very, very bad people. Seriously, greens are responsible for all kinds of things: 9/11, the destruction of the Challenger shuttle, the destruction of the Colombia shuttle, Obama... yeah, especially Obama. He's the first green president. THERE'S A GREEN PRESIDENT. Everyone panic. Mocking tone aside, I'm not making any of these points up. These are some of Milloy's arguments.

Greens are the monsters behind every terrible thing that's happening right now and the targets of their emerald-hued venom? You, mostly, Mr. Average American Consumer ('cause aren't we all), but also that most targeted, most vilified, most bullied of demographics . . . the American business owner.

Oh, won't somebody PLEASE think of the hapless business owners who are victimized and bullied by those vicious environmentalists.

Milloy's counters to all the various green movements are basically variations of this: "Green wants to tell you what kind of car you should drive, but damn it, you should be allowed to drive an SUV if you want to, because nobody tells you what to do!"

Although this logic can also be used to explain why you should be allowed to eat cake for every meal: "because nobody's going to tell me what to do." It's supposed to be one of those lessons that everyone learns as one grows up and becomes an adult. Just because I can do something doesn't mean it's a good idea.

The fact that SUVs produce a lot of greenhouse gasses? "Eh, global warming is a myth."

The fact that SUVs waste fuel due to their inefficiency and really don't need to be driven unless you're an outdoors-y sort that actually needs four wheel drive? "Eh, there's plenty of fossil fuels left, if only those damn, dirty greens would let us get at it!"

I knew I was going to disagree with this book from the premise, but I still expected there to be something of substance here. Instead, it's a lot of denialism, a lot of name-calling, and exactly the sort of vapid "the liberals, they're teh evulz" rhetoric that I should have expected from a Fox News contributor.

[Eevi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am finding this to be a great, well-researched book on the myths of the environmentalist movement. Mainly the myth that there is an environmental problem. It boils down to the environmentalists not wanting any people on the earth. They are trying to pass laws and taxes so they can train the rest of us to follow their agenda. One example of their agenda is that people would only eat local produce. They seem to forget that in most of the world, produce isn't produced locally year-round. Although Steve Milloy just mentioned that he was wondering what people could eat, I think we would start to have some major nutritional problems like we did before this variety of produce was available year-round. I also think it's funny that the only reason we have this environmentalist movement is because we are not a third-world nation. If we were, we would be more concerned with finding food to eat and living every day, than we would be concerned with the environment.

[Ken Roebuck · Rating 5 out of 5]

Green Hell by Steve Milloy is a well researched and documented polemic that exposes the true misanthropic agenda of environmentalists. The green's earth first fervor against human beings will scare the living hell out of you. The radical eco-movement in essence is nothing more than an ideological crusade to save the planet at the expense of humanity and individual freedom. The green’s ultimate goal is zero population growth, limiting the development of physical infrastructure, impeding economic growth, and redistributing individual and corporate wealth. They plan to reach these nefarious goals by making energy scarce thereby creating larger avenues for expanding governmental power over the individual as well as business. Indeed, to the greens you are merely a “carbon footprint” that is a burden on the planet that must be reduced or eliminated. Unfortunately as history attests, their quixotic quest to create a green heaven on earth will in the end only lead to a dystopian green hell.

[Darrick · Rating 1 out of 5]

This would be a great book for anyone who thinks man made global warming is a hoax, and anyone who thinks we need to extract as many resources as possible, as quickly as possible without regard for the environment. If that's you, I strongly recommend this book!

[Charles · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read in contrast to some of the other environmental books on this list, even though I consider myself an environmentalist there is a lot of truth here, good to avoid both extremes we should not strip mine the planet or become Eco-Terrorists!

[Kate · Rating 1 out of 5]

I would NEVER choose to read a book like this (politically-biased treatises), but it was sitting in my in-laws' house and they claimed it was "so great and interesting." Spoiler alert: it isn't. This book is the biggest load of biased, vitriolic, ill-informed, entitled horse shit I've ever read.

Truly awful. Horrible. Anyone who believes a single word of this is probably laboring under the same entitled assumption that the author is: "I want everything and I want it now. Fuck the rest of the world, the future generations and anyone who isn't me. I should get to do whatever I want no matter who/what is hurt by my consumer-driven thoughtless actions."

The author even has a "bigoted slur" all lined up for people who might dare to mention any "stewardship of the Earth and its ecosystems": Greens. The opponents of his ideas are all lumped together and called "greens." Nice.

This book is Veruca Salt ("I want the world. I want the whole world.") and it needs to be destroyed by a bunch of angry squirrels. Where the Hell is Roald Dahl when I need him!

[The Angry Lawn Gnome · Rating 3 out of 5]

The hyperbole in this book was so over the top I ultimately found myself unable to take Milloy seriously. Still, the examples he cites of "Greens" on the loose was rather frightening. Essentially a gang of thugs who will use any means necessary to advance their agenda, unless Milloy is being a bit less that truthful. (And since Regenery Publishing is somehow involved in this work...can't rule that out.)

Oh, and this is just about 100% politics, 0% science. He obviously believes global warming is garbage every bit as fervently as Al Gore believes the opposite. As in self-evident, so there's no need to talk about that part of things. Which annoyed me.

I guess I'd give 2 1/2 stars if such a thing existed, but since I always round up, he gets 3.

[Marc Dorval · Rating 1 out of 5]

Truly a waste of time. Steven Milloy warps the facts to suit a conspiracy-minded worldview that, frankly, doesn't stand up to logic or proper argument.

It would have been more interesting if Mr. Milloy had avoided inflammatory rhetoric in what seemed like every paragraph on the page. And, if he had allowed for more objective use of facts, some credibility would have surfaced in his text. As written, though, I found it hard to take the author seriously even though I also think that environmentalists have taken their arguments too far.

Not recommended.

[Rick · Rating 1 out of 5]

I picked up this book to offer counter arguments to Hot, Flat & Crowded, which I recently read. This book is pretty much useless though. Kind of like asking a Baptist what Mormons believe. All you'll get is a fairly hysterical response where various statements are taken out of context. Not that I identify at all with the green movement. But this book isn't helpful at all if you're looking for information about whether global warming is manmade or their specific plans for dealing with it.

[Vicci · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm about one-third of the way through this book and I'm shuddering to think what our brave new world is going to look like in 20 years. My children's children will inherit the mess environmentalists (who cannot be appeased no matter what we do) will make of our planet. Perhaps if we regress to horses and buggies, we can also go back to the ways of the wild wild west. Yee haw.

[Michael Tarpinian · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is frightening and depressing. The Greens are manipulating our corporations and government bodies to impose their godless morality on the rest of us.

There is hope of combatting this madness. I would propose a measured response. Conservatives like to save money and resources. Having uneconomic mandates forced upon us is tyranny.

[Richard · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I started reading Green Hell, I knew that it would make me angry, and it did. But as I progressed through it, I became less angry and more depressed. I used to think that greed and internal arguing would destroy the United States of America, but now I know that environmentalism will do it.

[Daniel DeLappe · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book should be read by everyone. Then read a book from another prospective (as well written and researched as this one. Make sure to read the parts on RFK and The Rolling Stone article and anything about Al Gore. This book may have its own agenda, but it still worth the read.

[Mawdawgie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I do reccomend people read this book and think about it before deciding where they really stand on these issues and what they really want the outcomes to be. I do think it is a good idea to read chapter 12 first and then read the entire book notes and all.

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good summary read of how the global warming movement is harming, and will continue to harm, the American economy and limit individual behaviors and freedoms. Touches very little on the scientific arguments for or against global warming; focuses more on how this is being used in the political realm to bring about unnecessary, unproductive, and destructive change.
This book is not intended to provide arguments for or against global warming, and so speaks lightly to the technical arguments of global warming (or climate change). Rather, the author systematically lays out how and why the "Greens," as he calls them, are using the threat of global warming (or perceived threat) in order to achieve many of their long withstanding and highly sought-after goals: increased government involvement and control of our individual lives; regulation of much of our behavior; and a much tighter grasp and control of America's economic system -- all for their own personal benefit and to increase their financial largess -- at the expense of everything and everyone else. This will be achieved, Milloy argues, through rationing, encouragement to change various behaviors, and persuasively or coercively attempting to silence opposition to global warming. At one point Milloy gets at the central purpose of the "Green" movement: "green is not as green as some eco-profiteers would have you believe. As many free-market thinkers have warned us, green is the new red -- both financially and politically." Readers are warned that at the center of the green movement is opposition to economic growth and prosperity, and as such essential freedoms of free-market capitalism are almost always the enemies of the movement.

[Betty · Rating 3 out of 5]

A frustrating and depressing read in the sense that the environmentalists seem to be winning everywhere, and yet their positions seem to defy logic. They support something, until you actually try to do it, and then they say it's not enough or no longer support it. And, of course, every real or perceived ill in the world's mankind's fault. Take global warming or cooling, now called simply climate change. They have no regard for that big ball of gases out in space and what effect its natural cycles might have, but that's one of many parts of this book. If you read it, there are seemingly thousands of examples of policy that is at best misguided, but more correctly distructive.

[Lianna · Rating 1 out of 5]

Yes there's big money in the green industry and it's important to be skeptical but this guy's attitude is so grating and smug that I had to stop reading. He's as fanatical about his inalienable right to drive SUV's as environmentalists can be about whatever. Best to wait for ex- American Physical Society member Harold Lewis to come out with a book.


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[Josh · Rating 1 out of 5]

Went over the politics and morality of the green movement rather than the science, which is disappointing, but that's what the Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming is for. While the book gets completely over-the-top about halfway through, it still brings up some good points throughout. Green Hell doesn't shoot down the entire green movement, of course, but it serves its purpose in showing the darker, selfish side of some of its politics and politicians.

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2016 update: I went from this to Bernie in four years. Lol

[Steven H · Rating 1 out of 5]

IS A ‘PLANETARY EMERGENCY’ JUST A PRETENSE FOR ‘GLOBAL GOVERNANCE’?

Author Steve Milloy wrote in the Introduction to this 2009 book, “The central concept of this book is that there is hardly any area of your life that the greens consider off-limits to intrusion. There is almost no personal behavior of yours that they consider too trivial or too sacrosanct to regulate. Greens aim to bring about their brave new world through federal law or local ordinance. But where that’s not practical, they’ll settle for inducing artificial shortages, pricing you out of your ‘bad’ habits by hiking taxes and surcharges, or simply trying to condition you, and those around you, to believe you are engaging in an act of severe personal transgression. The greens justify all this as necessary to solve our alleged ‘planetary emergency’… It is to be a permanent restructuring of life as you know it. Throughout this book you will encounter… the myriad encroachments and invasive oversight mechanisms of your day-to-day life that are lurking behind that shiny, seductive label that reads ‘green.’ … There is a vast and multilayered network of private organizations working to advance green policy… While it is beyond the scope of this book to debunk the scientific claims of global warmists, we’ll take a brief moment here to note… there is no scientific evidence indicating that carbon dioxide, much less manmade carbon dioxide emissions, control or even measurably impact global climate… Alarmist predictions of climatic doom .. have never been validated against the real world.” (Pg. 3-5)

He argues, “Perversely, greens argue that the high cost of new nuclear power---which their own policies have brought about---should eliminate even the consideration of expanding nuclear power. Anti-nuclear researchers… argue that nuclear power would worsen global warming. This is a tough argument to make since nuclear power puts out zero carbon emissions. But where there’s a will, there’s a way, and the greens are definitely not lacking in will.” (Pg. 42-43)

He asserts, “Why would green activists lobby against wind farms, solar energy, and biofuels---the very alternative energies that their own movement claims to embrace? Here’s the answer: greens don’t really want to increase our energy supply---either with fossil fuels or renewable energy---because that would undermine virtually all of the greens’ ultimate goals: zero population growth, limiting the development of physical infrastructure, impeding economic growth, and redistributing wealth.” (Pg. 46)

He notes, “let’s not forget the worst green tragedy of all—the joint crusade by the Audobon Society and the Environmental Defense Fund that led to the ban of the insecticide DDT in 1972, which eventually caused tens of millions of deaths in Africa due to toe proliferation of malaria-carrying mosquitoes. Tragically the death toll continues to mount… even though the World Health Organization recently lifted the DDT ban.” (Pg. 102)

He contends, “Green law is a one-way street. The EPA can come after you, and green groups can sue the EPA to compel the agency to come after you. But can you go after the EPA? Not really. There is no environmental law that permits parties aggrieved by overzealous EPA action a meaningful opportunity for timely redress. It is well-understood among the regulated community that only the very brave or the very foolhardy challenge the EPA in court… the agency can afford to outwait and outspend virtually anyone who attempts legal action against it.” (Pg. 137)

He states, “a greener America also has implications for our political system. Namely, the greens aim to use the specter of a global warming catastrophe to subjugate America to global governance… What exactly does ‘global governance’ mean?... [It] means life in the U.S. being subject to the diktats of an international government that are enforced by international courts.” (Pg. 189-190)

He says, “The confiscation of more American wealth is a specific goal of the greens, who look at climate change as a way to level society’s haves and have-nots… this redistribution will be a one-way street: FROM America, TO unaccountable international bureaucrats pursuing a green agenda.” (Pg. 193)

He notes, “A centerpiece of Obama’s campaign [n 2008] was his promise to create 5 million green or ‘green-collar’ jobs funded by the money raised through global warming regulation---that is, the higher electricity prices that you will be paying… He brags that these will be jobs ‘that cannot be outsourced.’ That’s because they will largely be government-funded blue-collar construction jobs. Thus, Obama’s plan is akin to a Depression-era public works program…. Obama doesn’t say how much this will cost, but an army of federal workers doing weatherizing work, along with the purchase and installation of a bevy of new furnaces and other equipment, probably won’t come cheap.” (Pg. 202-203)

He concludes, “At the center of the greens’ agenda is their opposition to economic growth, which is ironic given that economic growth and prosperity has proven to be the most effective and most humane way both to protect the environment and to prevent over-population---two crucial goals for the greens…. While there’s no ‘vast green conspiracy’ that meets regularly to plot and plan, the disparate groups that comprise the green movement are all working toward a common goal---increased government control of your life.” (Pg. 235)

This book will interest those opposed to the environmental movement.

[Gary · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent exploration of the political side of the man-made global warming issue. Any serious person must fully examine the idea that the politics behind climate change must raise questions as to its validity. And that this is as much, if not more, about ideology as it is about a concern for the environment.

[Aaron Carlberg]

What an interesting book. The book is full of facts and cited sources. How green many policies actually hurt the environment and economic growth. Many people in the movement simply want humans to stop consuming anything whatsoever – the crusade becomes more about power and getting people to stop than stewarding God's creation. Read this book.

[Kara · Rating 5 out of 5]

I won't lie, the title scared me, but the book was amazing. I am an avid component of listening to both sides of every debate and with the Green movement so heavily publicized, this is an excellent counter argument.

[Lianna]

Shock Doctrine, environment style

[Nedland P. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best book I've read on the "green revolution".

[Beverly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent arguments against the "green" agenda.

[Jason · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh man! Reading this book just further proves how outlandish the "enviromentalist" really are!

[Roger Barnstead · Rating 5 out of 5]

yeah they are still working on it

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

Climate Change! Steve Milloy is not an environmentalist, he is a critic. "I told you" manner of a man. His web site, or that of his group, Junk Science.com are critical of many who are concerned but have no solution except to yell loud and stage protest. The governments of the world are listening and are yelling back...leave it to us!!! Bad. Waking up to this conspiracy, pro or con, will be painful. To-day, May 6/2019 the UN told us that 1,000,000 species of animals will become extinct. That is a heavy rock to carry. Climate Change is the reason. Of course it is! The novel is critical of every thing being done but it does not give a helpful hint as to what can be done. Sad. Read with an open mind, not any ones' else. Make a decision and follow it with everything you can. Be true to your self. Good luck. Keep Reading.