America's Environmental Report Card, second edition
Title | America's Environmental Report Card, second edition PDF eBook |
Author | Harvey Blatt |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 383 |
Release | 2011-02-25 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0262515911 |
An accessible overview of the most important environmental issues facing the United States, with new and updated material. Americans are concerned about the state of the environment, and yet polls show that many have lost faith in both scientists' and politicians' ability to solve environmental problems. In America's Environmental Report Card, Harvey Blatt sorts through the deluge of conflicting information about the environment and offers an accessible overview of the environmental issues that are most important to Americans today. Blatt has thoroughly updated this second edition, revising and adding new material. He looks at water supplies and new concerns about water purity; the dangers of floods (increased by widespread logging and abetted by glacial melting); infrastructure problems (in a new chapter devoted entirely to this subject); the leaching of garbage buried in landfills; soil, contaminated crops, and organic food; fossil fuels; alternative energy sources (in another new chapter); controversies over nuclear energy; the increasing pace of climate change; and air pollution. Along the way, he outlines ways to deal with these problems—workable and reasonable solutions that map the course to a sustainable future. America can lead the way to a better environment, Blatt argues. We are the richest nation in the world, and we can afford it—in fact, we can't afford not to.
America's Environmental Report Card, second edition
Title | America's Environmental Report Card, second edition PDF eBook |
Author | Harvey Blatt |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 382 |
Release | 2011-02-25 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0262294508 |
An accessible overview of the most important environmental issues facing the United States, with new and updated material. Americans are concerned about the state of the environment, and yet polls show that many have lost faith in both scientists' and politicians' ability to solve environmental problems. In America's Environmental Report Card, Harvey Blatt sorts through the deluge of conflicting information about the environment and offers an accessible overview of the environmental issues that are most important to Americans today. Blatt has thoroughly updated this second edition, revising and adding new material. He looks at water supplies and new concerns about water purity; the dangers of floods (increased by widespread logging and abetted by glacial melting); infrastructure problems (in a new chapter devoted entirely to this subject); the leaching of garbage buried in landfills; soil, contaminated crops, and organic food; fossil fuels; alternative energy sources (in another new chapter); controversies over nuclear energy; the increasing pace of climate change; and air pollution. Along the way, he outlines ways to deal with these problems—workable and reasonable solutions that map the course to a sustainable future. America can lead the way to a better environment, Blatt argues. We are the richest nation in the world, and we can afford it—in fact, we can't afford not to.
Environmental Planning Handbook
Title | Environmental Planning Handbook PDF eBook |
Author | Tom Daniels |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 792 |
Release | 2017-11-08 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1351178415 |
Environmental protection is a global issue. But most of the action is happening at the local level. How can communities keep their air clean, their water pure, and their people and property safe from climate and environmental hazards? Newly updated, The Environmental Planning Handbook gives local governments, nonprofits, and citizens the guidance they need to create an action plan they can implement now. It’s essential reading for a post-Katrina, post-Sandy world.
Resources in Education
Title | Resources in Education PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 598 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN |
Environmental Health Perspectives
Title | Environmental Health Perspectives PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1252 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Environmental health |
ISBN |
Managing the Environment, Managing Ourselves
Title | Managing the Environment, Managing Ourselves PDF eBook |
Author | Richard N. L. Andrews |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 539 |
Release | 2006-09-18 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 030011124X |
In this book Richard N. L. Andrews looks at American environmental policy over the past four hundred years, shows how it affects environmental issues and public policy decisions today, and poses the central policy challenges for the future. This second edition brings the book up to date through President George W. Bush's first term and gives the current state of American environmental politics and policy. “A guide to what every organizational decision maker, public and private, needs to know in an era in which environmental issues have become global.”—Lynton K. Caldwell, Public Administration Review "A wonderful text for students and scholars of environmental history and environmental policy.”—William L. Andreen, Environmental History
2009 Report Card for America's Infrastructure
Title | 2009 Report Card for America's Infrastructure PDF eBook |
Author | American Society of Civil Engineers |
Publisher | ASCE Publications |
Pages | 153 |
Release | 2009-01-01 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9780784410370 |
Details the rationale behind grades in 15 categories as announced by ASCE. This book presents an analysis of each category, an assessment of your state's status, case studies of successful projects, suggestions for actions you can take and ways you can get involved, and more.