The environment
Subtitle: opposing viewpoints
By: William Dudley, book editor
Series: Opposing viewpoints series; Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780737706543; 9780737706536
Subjects: Environmental degradation; Human ecology; Environmental policy
Description: Presents opposing views on if there is an environmental crisis, how to prevent pollution and if the American lifestyle is bad for the environment.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The global environment is deteriorating / Eugene Linden; title: The global environment is not deteriorating / Ronald Bailey; title: Global warming is a serious environmental threat / Ross Gelbspan; title: Global warming is not a serious environmental threat / S. Fred Singer, interviewed by John F. McManus; title: Chemical pollutants are a significant cause of cancer / Melanie Duchin; title: Chemical pollutants are not a significant cause of cancer / Deanna L. Byck; title: Stricter federal regulations are necessary to prevent air pollution / April Reese; title: Stricter federal regulations may be counterproductive in preventing air pollution / Kenneth W. Chilton; title: Recycling is an effective means of preventing solid waste pollution / Allen Hershkowitz; title: Recycling may not be the most effective means of preventing solid waste pollution / Lynn Scarlett; title: Nuclear energy is an environmentally sound solution to preventing greenhouse gas emissions / John Ritch; title: Nuclear energy is not an environmentally sound solution to preventing greenhouse gas emissions / Arjun Makhijani; title: Automobile use in America must be discouraged to save the environment / Jane Holtz Kay; title: A war on automobiles to save the environment is not justified / Alan Caruba; title: American wealth and consumption patterns degrade the environment / David Schaller; title: American wealth and consumption patterns enhance the environment / Peter Huber; title: Suburban sprawl threatens America's wildlife / Kathrin Day Lassila; title: Suburban sprawl does not threaten America's wildlife / Jane S. Shaw; title: Free-market principles should guide environmental policy / Terry L. Anderson and Jane S. Shaw; title: Free-market principles should not guide environmental policy / Carol Estes; title: Technology and modern industry must be rejected to save the environment / Kirkpatrick Sale; title: Technology and modern industry must be used to preserve the environment / Walter Truett Anderson; title: The United States should treat the environment as a national security issue / William A. Nitze; title: The United States should not treat the environment as an issue of national security / Paul Benjamin.