Earth issues
Subtitle: reader for Understanding earth, third edition, Frank Press and Raymond Siever, and Environmental geology, Dorothy Merritts, Andrew De Wet, and Kirsten Menking
By: [article summaries and questions by Kirsten Menking].
Contributors: Menking, Kirsten.; Press, Frank.; Merritts, Dorothy J., 1958-
Publisher: W.H. Freeman and Co.
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780716743705
Subjects: Earth sciences; Environmental geology; Recycling (Waste, etc.); Coastal engineering; Power resources -- Government policy -- United States; Open spaces; Petroleum reserves
Other titles: CQ Researcher.; Self-Sustaining Programs Collection.
Notes: "Selected articles from CQ Researcher"--Cover p. [i].

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Table of contents: title: Economics of recycling, is it worth the effort?; title: Coastal development, does it put precious lands at risk?; title: Politics of energy, how should Congress handle U.S. energy problems?; title: Saving open spaces, are land-conservation efforts in the public interest?; title: Oil production in the 21st century, when will the world run out of oil.