Taking sides
Subtitle: Clashing views on environmental issues
By: selected, edited, and with introductions by Thomas Easton
Edition: 13th ed.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780073514444
Subjects: Environmental sciences; Environmental engineering; Environmental policy
Other titles: Clashing views on environmental issues; Environmental issues
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Mode of access: Internet.
Table of contents: title: Unit 1: Environmental philosophy. Is the precautionary principle a sound approach to risk analysis?; title: Is sustainable development compatible with human welfare?; title: Should a price be put on the goods and services provided by the world's ecosystems?; title: Unit 2: Principles versus politics. Should the Endangered Species Act be strengthened?; title: Should the EPA be doing more to fight environmental injustice?; title: Can pollution rights trading effectively control environmental problems?; title: Unit 3: Energy issues. Should the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge be opened to oil drilling?; title: Is global warming skepticism just smoke and mirrors?; title: Is wind power green?; title: Should cars be more efficient?; title: Do biofuels enhance energy security?; title: Is it time to revive nuclear power?; title: Unit 4: Food and population. Do falling birthrates pose a threat to human welfare?; title: Is genetic engineering the answer to hunger?; title: Is a large-scale shift to organic farming the best way to increase world food supply?; title: Unit 5: Toxic chemicals. Should DDT be banned worldwide?; title: Do environmental hormone mimics pose a potentially serious health threat?; title: Is the Superfund program successfully protecting human health form hazardous materials?; title: Should the United States reprocess spent nuclear fuel?