How the government got in your backyard
Subtitle: superweeds, frankenfoods, lawn wars, and the (nonpartisan) truth about environmental policies
By: Jeff Gillman and Eric Heberlig
Contributors: Heberlig, Eric S., 1970-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781604690019
Subjects: Agriculture and politics; Agriculture and state; Science and state; Environmental policy
Description: Explores the American government's response to various environmental problems, including global warming, the energy crisis, the use of pesticides, and genetically modified foods.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Science, political science, and the science of politics; title: Organic food: safer, friendlier, better?; title: Pesticides: how dangerous is dangerous?; title: Fertilizers: good for the crops, bad for the water?; title: Alternative energy: is ethanol over-rated?; title: Biotechnology: a time bomb waiting to explode?; title: Plant patents: protecting plants or profiteering?; title: Invasive plants: kill the aliens?; title: Legal and illegal plants: why are the bad guys bad?; title: Local restrictions: is your backyard really yours?; title: Global warming: natural or man-made?; title: Balancing nature and politics.