Introduction The Taking sides: Clashing views on controversial environmental issues, expanded 11 th edition presents before us a number of existing controversial issues. They have been presented in an elaborate debate style format that stimulates the student’s interest and develops their decisive thinking abilities. The author of the book is Thomas Atwood Easton and he has thoughtfully framed each issue with a separate summary, introduction and postscript. For each volume, an instructor’s manual along with proper testing material is also available. Taking sides: Clashing views on controversial environmental issues, expanded 11 th edition can be used in our modern classrooms as it is an exceptional resource for the instructors and provides practical suggestions on how to incorporate the highly effective approaches in the classrooms. The paperback edition of Taking sides: Clashing views on controversial environmental issues, expanded 11 th edition has 432 pages and has been published by McGraw Hill. It belongs to the universally acclaimed Taking Sides series and belongs to the genre of Science and Nature and Environmental Science. Nineteen of our important current environmental issues have been discussed in the book giving both their pros and cons in a debate format. The revised edition represents the issues through the arguments of many leading policy makers, educators, behavioral and social scientists, contemporary commentators and environmentalists reflecting a huge variety of viewpoints. The Issue Introduction is very important as it provides the students with a proper historical background and context to each of the issues or debates before the two contrasting viewpoints are given. The students can then read the debate and after reading it, they are provided with other important viewpoints that needs consideration in the Issue Postscript. This section also provides recommendations on further reading. Thus, this combination of Issue Introduction, Yes side of the issue, No side of the issue and Issue Postscript encourages critical thinking among the students and helps them to develop a concern for the environment around them. The various topics and issues that have been debated in the book are: Part 1. Environmental Philosophy Issue 1. Is the Precautionary Principle a Sound Basis for International Policy? Issue 2. Is Sustainable Development Compatible With Human Welfare? Issue 3. Should a Price Be Put on the Goods and Services provided by the World’s Ecosystems? Part 2. Principles versus Politics Issue 4. Is Biodiversity Overprotected? Issue 5. Should Environmental Policy Attempt to Cure Environmental Racism? Issue 6. Can Pollution Rights Trading Effectively Control Environmental Problems? Issue 7. Do Environmentalists Overstate Their Case? Part 3. Energy Issues Issue 8. Should the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Be Opened to Oil Drilling? Issue 9. Should Society Act Now to Forestall Global Warming? Issue 10. Will Hydrogen End Our Fossil-Fuel Addiction? Issue 11. Should Existing Power Plants Be Required to Install State-of-the-Art Pollution Controls? Issue 12. Is It Time to Revive Nuclear Power? Part 4. Food and Population Issue 13. Is Limiting Population Growth a Key Factor in Protecting the Global Environment? Issue 14. Is G