Edward Abbey states in Eco-Defense that it is indeed appropriate and necessary for civil disobedience to be used as a means to protect the environment (344). The environment cannot speak for itself, stand up for itself, defend itself, yet, without intervention, its destruction is imminent. Only a few, greedy people would benefit from its destruction. Millions would be subject to harm from its demise. Yet, so few people seem to notice, take action, or seem remotely aware of the destruction of the environment that is occurring right around them every day.
Continuing with his argument of the blindness of the American ...
