Environmental policy
By: Yael Calhoun, series editor ; foreword by David Seideman
Series: Environmental issues; Environmental issues
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9781438102313
Subjects: Environmental); POLITICAL SCIENCE; Environmental policy; Environmental Policy; SCIENCE; Public Policy; Environmental Science (see also Chemistry
Description: For more than a hundred years, environmental policy has taken many different approaches, from conservation to cleanup of polluted areas. Debates over how the environment can best be protected often become heated.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: "Why should we care?"; title: Section A: Federal lands policy: What are public lands and who decides how they are used?: Heart of the nation: By Bernard Shanks; title: What threatens our National Wildlife Refuge System?: The greatest show on earth: By Jessica Snyder Sachs; title: How do marine reserves protect ocean resources?: Undiscovered country: By David Helvarg; title: What are some public land issues?: Frontal assault: By Joel Connelly; title: Section B: Air quality policy: How does our nation protect air quality?: Clean air rules 2004: From the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; title: Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act: From the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; title: Section C: Water Policy: What is the Clean Water Act?: Introduction to the Clean Water Act: From the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; title: What are our nation's policies for water use?: Rivers for life: By Sandra Postel and Brian Richter; title: Why is the pumping of groundwater an issue?: Perils of groundwater pumping: By Robert Glennon; title: Does the Clean Water Act protect the oceans?: Beneath the surface: By Cathy Asato; title: Section D: Climate change policy: What are the global policies on climate change?: Reading the weathervane: Climate change from Rio to Johannesburg: By Seth Dunn; title: How are our states and cities addressing climate change?: Change of climate: By Susan Joy Hassol and Randy Udall; title: Bibliography; title: Further reading; title: Index.