The book provides a view of American environmental journalism in the first decade of the new century. It contains a review of the literature, results of present research describing indepth accounts of environment reporters at work, and examines whether the first decade of the 21st century was a golden age of environmental reporting. The authors note environment reporters and their sources are eager to get news out, but not always in the same way or at the same time. The results is a constant struggle among the thousands of environmental activists, corporate public relations people, government officials, and scientists to frame the message in a way that is advantageous to their point of view.