Pollution
By: Louise I. Gerdes, book editor
Series: Opposing viewpoints series; Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Detroit [Mich.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780737752311; 9780737752328
Subjects: Air; Government policy; Pollution
Description: This volume explores topics relating to environmental pollution by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise these issues. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking and reading skills that are essential in a culture of diverse and contradictory opinions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Air pollution continues to be a serious problem / American Lung Association; title: Air pollution is not a serious problem / Joel Schwartz; title: Electronic waste is a serious problem / Kurk Marko -Producer responsibility can limit the impact of electronic waste / Beverly Thorpe; title: Plastic debris is polluting the world's oceans / Richard Grant; title: The quantity and impact of plastic debris in the world's oceans is unknown / Carl Bialik; title: Pharmaceuticals may be poisoning America's drinking water / Patricia Frank; title: Clean coal technologies can reduce carbon dioxide emissions / Robert S. Giglio; title: Clean coal technology will not reduce air pollution / Jeff Biggers; title: Plug-in electric vehicles will reduce air pollution / Siena Kaplan, Brad Heavner, and Rob Sargent; title: Plug-in electric vehicles will increase air pollution / James R. Healey; title: Biofuels have the potential to reduce polluting greenhouse gas emissions / World Policy Institute; title: Ethanol increases pollution / Sasha Lilley; title: Nuclear power will reduce air pollution / Nuclear Energy Institute; title: Nuclear power will hinder efforts to reduce air pollution / Travis Madsen, Tony Dutzik, Bernadette Del Chiaro, and Rob Sargent; title: Consumer-purchased carbon offsets will reduce carbon emissions / Robert H. Frank; title: Consumer-purchased carbon offsets do not always reduce carbon emissions / Doug Struck; title: Recycling innovation will reduce e-waste pollution / Valerie Thomas; title: Green urban stormwater infrastructure can reduce waterway pollution / Nancy Stoner; title: Increased federal oversight of offshore oil drilling is necessary to prevent pollution / Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA); title: Offshore oil drilling technologies are too challenging to regulate / Kenneth Rogoff; title: Federally mandated cap-and-trade policies will reduce air pollution / John Podesta; title: Federally mandated cap-and-trade policies will not reduce air pollution / Kenneth Green; title: The US government should subsidize liquid fuel production from coal / John N. Ward; title: The US government should not subsidize liquid fuel production from coal / David G. Hawkins.