عنوان

Environmental policy /

0791082059

9780791082058

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Environmental policy /

[Book]

Yael Calhoun, series editor ; foreword by David Seideman.

Philadelphia :

Chelsea House Publishers,

2005.

xxv, 143 pages :

color illustrations ;

24 cm.

Environmental issues

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

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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.

Environmental policy.

Environmental policy.

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