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"A Strategic Nature: Public Relations and the Politics of American Environmentalism" by Melissa Aronczyk and Maria I. Espinoza provides a comprehensive history of environmental public relations (PR) and its role in shaping public understanding of extractive corporate behavior. The book explores the evolution of PR and its influence on US politics, highlighting its self-appointed centrality to democracy and its facilitation of corporate agendas. It also examines the tension between PR's potential to support environmental causes and its tendency to obscure the source of environmental problems. The authors argue that PR has been used to transform environmental issues into individual, political, and data problems, rather than addressing the root causes. The book covers the Gilded Age through the Interwar Era, tracing the role of PR in advancing industry agendas and indoctrinating the public with industry perspectives. It also discusses the development of PR as a resource in industrial production, its influence on environmental regulation, and its impact on climate action. The authors critique PR's ideological alignment with industry and its reinforcement of a technological and individualistic view of climate change. They argue for greater recognition of the tactics used by extractive industries and a shift towards setting boundaries for these industries rather than allowing them to dictate policy. [Extracted from the article]

Reviews several books about environmental policies. `Environmental Policy: A Global Perspective for the 21st-Century,' by Donald T. Wells; `Unweltschutz durch Internationale Regime,' by Sebastian Oberthur; `International Environmental Negotiations: Strategic Policy Issues,' edited by Carlo Carraro.

A review is presented of the book "Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development in China: Hong Kong in Global Context," by Paul G. Harris, which discusses sustainability in Hong Kong, China's social context, population density, and consumption habits.

The article reviews the book "Security and the Environment: Securitisation Theory and US Environmental Security Policy," by Rita Floyd.

Reviews the book "Environmental Dilemmas and Policy Design," edited by Huib Pellikaan and Robert J. van der Veen.

Reviews the book "Organizations, Policy, and the Natural Environment: Institutional and Strategic Perspectives," edited by Andrew J. Hoffman and Marc J. Ventresca.

Reviews the book 'The International Economy of the Environment: Critical Perspectives,' edited by Dimitris Stevis and Valerie J. Assetto.

Reviews the book 'Smokestack Diplomacy: Cooperation and Conflict in East-West Environmental Politics,' by Robert G. Darst.

Reviews the book 'The Nordic Environments: Comparing Political, Administrative and Policy Aspects,' edited by Marko Joas and Ann-Sofie Hermanson.

The article reviews the book "Greening Environmental Policy: The Politics of a Sustainable Future," edited by Frank Fischer and Michael Black.

The article reviews the book "Environmental Policy in the EU: Actors, Institutions and Processes," 3rd edition, edited by Andrew Jordan and Camilla Adelle.

The article reviews the book "Understanding the Costs of Environmental Regulation in Europe," edited by Michael MacLeod, Paul Ekins, Rob Vanner, and Dominic Moran.

A review of the book "Benchmarking in the EU. Lessons From the EU Emissions Trading System for the Global Climate Change Agenda," by Christian Egenhofer and Anton Georgiev is presented.

Reviews the book "Transboundary Environmental Governance: Principles and Practices in Mainland Southeast Asia," by Nathan Badenoch.

Reviews the book "Environmental Politics and Policy in Industrialized Countries," edited by Uday Desai.

Reviews the book "Justice and Nature: Kantian Philosophy, Environmental Policy and the Law," by John Martin Gillroy.

Reviews the book "Capacity Building in National Environmental Policy. A Comparative Study of 17 Countries," edited by Helmut Weidner and Martin Jänicke.

Reviews the book "Encountering Global Environmental Politics: Teaching, Learning, and Empowering Knowledge," edited by Michael Maniates.

Reviews the book "Deliberative Democracy and the Environment," by Graham Smith.

Reviews the book "The Europeanization of British Environmental Policy. A Departmental Perspective," by Andrew Jordan.

Reviews the book "EU Environmental Politics in Subnational Regions. The Case of Scotland and Bavaria," by Antje C. Brown.

Reviews the book "A New Green Order? The World Bank and the Politics of the Global Environmental Facility," by Zoe Young.

Reviews the book "International Environmental Politics. The Limits of Green Democracy," by Lee-Anne Broadhead.

Reviews the book "Environmental Policy-Making in Britain, Germany, and the European Union: The Europeanisation of Air and Water Pollution Control," by Rudiger K. W. Wurzel.

Reviews the book "The Environmental State Under Pressure," edited by Arthur P. J. Mol and Frederick M. Buttel.

Reviews the non-fiction book 'The Making of Green Knowledge: Environmental Politics and Cultural Transformation,' by Andrew Jamison.

Reviews the non-fiction book 'Environmental Policy Integration: Greening Sectoral Policies in Europe,' edited by Andrea Lenschow.

Reviews the book 'Climate Policy and Development: Flexible Instruments and Developing Countries,' edited by Axel Michaelowa and Michael Dutschke.

Reviews the book 'Environmental Policy in the European Union,' by John McCormick.

Reviews the book 'Environmental Politics in Southern Europe: Actors, Institutions and Discourses in a Europeanizing Society,' edited by Klaus Eder and Maria Kousis.

Reviews the book 'Natural Resource Valuation and Policy in Brazil: Methods and Cases,' edited by Peter H. May.

Reviews the book 'Implementing EU Environmental Policy: New Directions and Old Problems,' edited by Christoph Knill and Andrea Lenschow.

Reviews the book 'Environmental Policy,' Volumes 1 and 2, edited by Wolfgang Rudig.

Reviews the book `Environmental Policy in the European Union,' by P.M. Barnes and I.G. Barnes.

Reviews the book `Das Bundesministerium fur Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit: Ausgegrenzt statt integriert? Das institutionelle Fundament der deutschen Umweltpolitik,' by Heinrich Pehle.

Reviews the book `The Condition of Sustainability,' by Ian Drummond and Terry Marsden.