Protecting the planet
Subtitle: environmental champions from conservation to climate change
By: Budd Titlow & Mariah Tinger
Contributors: Tinger, Mariah, 1977- author
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 587
ISBN-13: 9781633882256
Subjects: Climatic changes; Global environmental change; Environmental protection; Environmental policy; Environmentalists; Biography; History
Description: An inspirational story of pioneering environmentalists who heightened awareness regarding nature's value and heroes of today who are working to secure a sustainable future.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part one: Climate change: now humanity's greatest environmental challenge; title: Part two: The US environmental movement: a story for the ages: the beginning through 1968; title: Part three: The US environmental movement: a story for the ages: 1969 through 2016; title: Part four: All hail today's heroes: who they are and what they have done; title: Part five: Finding solutions.