Taking sides
Subtitle: Clashing views on environmental issues
By: selected, edited, and with introductions by Thomas A. Easton
Edition: 15th ed., expanded.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9780073514543
Subjects: Power resources; Pollution; Environmental protection; Environmental policy; Energy policy
Other titles: Clashing views on environmental issues; Environmental issues
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Unit 1.  Environmental philosophy; title: Should the precautionary principle become part of national and international law?; title: Is sustainable development compatible with human welfare?; title: Do ecosystem services have economic value?; title: Unit 2.  Principles versus politics; title: Should North America's landscape be restored to its prehuman state?; title: Should the military be exempt from environmental regulations?; title: Will restricting carbon emissions damage the economy?; title: Unit 3.  Energy issues; title: Is global warming a catastrophe that warrants immediate action?; title: Should we drill for offshore oil?; title: Is shale gas the solution to our energy woes?; title: Is renewable energy really green?; title: Are biofuels a reasonable substitute for fossil fuels?; title: Is it time to revive nuclear power?; title: Unit 4.  Food and population; title: Do we have a population problem?; title: Does commercial fishing have a future?; title: Can organic farming feed the world?; title: Unit 5.  Toxic chemicals; title: Should society impose a moratorium on the use and release of "synthetic biology" organisms?; title: Do environmental hormone mimics pose a potentially serious health threat?; title: Should the superfund tax be reinstated?; title: Should the United States reprocess spent nuclear fuel?; title: Can "green" marketing claims be believed?; title: Does designating "wild lands" harm rural economies?