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Opposition to globalization by environmentalists tends to fall into two camps: a so-called "green" counternarrative & an "ecological" one. The green counternarrative assumes that we have already witnessed sufficient harm done to the environment due to globalization & thus prescribes taking action now to oppose further globalizing forces. It is confident in its knowledge about the causes of environmental degradation as they relate to globalization & certain in its wholesale opposition to globalization. In contrast, the ecological counternarrative is less certain about globalization's record of environmental harm but worries about future threats given the scale & intensity of globalization's increasing reach. Rather than call for immediate action & wholesale opposition, it seeks further research to identify -- & specific policy initiatives to avoid -- potentially massive but as yet unknown effects of globalization on the environment. Policy analysts opposing globalization are caught between the counternarratives & often subscribe to elements of each. The challenge is to find another, more compelling counternarrative in which real-time environmental harm can be treated more seriously than it is in either of the two primary counterparts. 27 References. Adapted from the source document.