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The environment

Title

The environment / Louise I. Gerdes, book editor.

Format

Book

Published

Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2009.

Description

224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Other contributors

Gerdes, Louise I., 1953-

Uniform series

Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)

Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• The earth faces an environmental crisis / Decca Aitkenhead
• Environmental alarmism poses a serious threat / Jon Entine
• Global warming is a serious problem / William Chandler
• Global warming is not a serious problem / Dennis Behreandt
• Overpopulation threatens the environment / Gedden Cascadia
• Overpopulation does not threaten the environment / Ross B. Emmett
• Renewable energy can reduce the impact of global warming / Sven Teske, Arthouros Zervos, and Olive Schäfer
• Renewable energy's usefulness in reducing global warming is limited / Lyndon Thompson and Rory J. Clarke
• Nuclear power is the best way to address global warming / Peter Schwartz and Spencer Reise
• Nuclear power is an environmentally unsound way to reduce pollution / Union of Concerned Scientists
• An emissions cap and trading system will reduce global warming / Environmental Defense
• Emissions trading will not significantly reduce global warming / Fred Pearce
• The western lifestyle threatens the environment and human well-being / Kate Soper
• Lifestyle changes will not improve the environment / Paul Wapner and John Willoughby
• Electronic waste hurts the environment / Ellen Ruppell Shell
• The problem of electronic waste is exaggerated / Dana Joel Gattuso
• Environmental activism unites people for the good of the environment / Carl Pope
• Environmental activism restricts individual freedom / Thomas A. Moser
• Buying green products will improve the environment / Jenny Shank interview with Josh Dorfman
• Buying green products is an inadequate environmental remedy / Monica Hesse
• Green economic policies will improve the environment and promote equality / Preeti Mangala Shekar and Tram Nguyen
• Environmental laws threaten American workers / Ben Lieberman.

Subject headings

Environmental sciences.

ISBN

9780737743623 (hardcover) 073774362X (hardcover) 9780737743616 (pbk.) 0737743611 (pbk.)