Pollution and threats to the environment

Robert Wuthnow has been praised as one of "e;the country's best social scientists"e; by columnist David Brooks, who hails his writing as "e;tremendously valuable.

Heritage is almost univocally conceived of as valuable and good, something we care for and preserve for ourselves and future generations.

In the United States alone, industrial and agricultural toxins account for about 60,000 avoidable cancer deaths annually.

This intriguing volume provides a thorough examination of the historical roots of global climate change as a field of inquiry, from the Enlightenment to the late twentieth century.

This book explores the connections between two of the most transformative processes of the twenty-first century, namely climate change and globalization.

The American West at Risk summarizes the dominant human-generated environmental challenges in the 11 contiguous arid western United States - America's legendary, even mythical, frontier.

Adapting to a Changing Environment provides tools and a theoretical framework for governments and managers to understand and confront the consequences of climate change.

It is zero hour for a new US water policy!

The first World Climate Conference, which was sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization in Geneve in 1979, triggered an international dialogue on global warming.

The global response to climate change has reached a critical juncture.

Could low-level exposure to polluting chemicals be analogous to exercise -- a beneficial source of stress that strengthens the body?

Focusing on climate-induced migration from Africa to Europe, Climate Change and Migration shows how global warming's impact on international relations has been significant, enhancing the security regimes in not only the advanced economies of the North Atlantic, but in the states that serve as transit points between the most advanced and most desperate nations.

What Will Work makes a rigorous and compelling case that energy efficiencies and renewable energy-and not nuclear fission or "e;clean coal"e;-are the most effective, cheapest, and equitable solutions to the pressing problem of climate change.

Climate change is producing profound changes globally.

Here is a refreshing look at how American cities are leading the way toward greener, cleaner, and more sustainable forms of economic development.

The chemical pollution that irrevocably damages today's environment is, although many would like us to believe otherwise, the legacy of conscious choices made long ago.

The chemical pollution that irrevocably damages today's environment is, although many would like us to believe otherwise, the legacy of conscious choices made long ago.

This collection gathers a set of seminal papers from the emerging area of ethics and climate change.

"e;The real fault line in American politics is not between liberals and conservatives.

Robert Wuthnow has been praised as one of "e;the country's best social scientists"e; by columnist David Brooks, who hails his writing as "e;tremendously valuable.

Today there are over a billion vehicles in the world, and within twenty years, the number will double, largely a consequence of China's and India's explosive growth.

Climate change is producing profound changes globally.

Here is a refreshing look at how American cities are leading the way toward greener, cleaner, and more sustainable forms of economic development.

"e;The real fault line in American politics is not between liberals and conservatives.

The American West at Risk summarizes the dominant human-generated environmental challenges in the 11 contiguous arid western United States - America's legendary, even mythical, frontier.

This book explores the connections between two of the most transformative processes of the twenty-first century, namely climate change and globalization.

Environmental harm is commonly associated with companies that extract, consume, and pollute our shared natural resources.

Today there are over a billion vehicles in the world, and within twenty years, the number will double, largely a consequence of China's and India's explosive growth.

Climate change is arguably the great problem confronting humanity, but we have done little to head off this looming catastrophe.

In the past thirty years, China has transformed from an impoverished country where peasants comprised the largest portion of the populace to an economic power with an expanding middle class and more megacities than anywhere else on earth.

Ocean and coastal law has grown rapidly in the past three decades as a specialty area within natural resources law and environmental law.

Though not traditionally thought of as strategic natural resources, glaciers are a crucial part of our global ecosystem playing a fundamental role in the sustaining of life around the world.

Though not traditionally thought of as strategic natural resources, glaciers are a crucial part of our global ecosystem playing a fundamental role in the sustaining of life around the world.

From the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Conference there was a concerted international effort to stop climate change.

From the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Conference there was a concerted international effort to stop climate change.

Inside small homes and huts throughout the developing world, billions of people burn fires in rudimentary stoves to prepare their meals and heat their homes.

Inside small homes and huts throughout the developing world, billions of people burn fires in rudimentary stoves to prepare their meals and heat their homes.

Bringing together ecology, evolutionary moral psychology, and environmental ethics, J.

The fundamental principles of environmental toxicology are clearly presented here for university students and professionals in related fields.

This intriguing volume provides a thorough examination of the historical roots of global climate change as a field of inquiry, from the Enlightenment to the late twentieth century.

In nineteenth-century Europe, differences among human bodies were understood to be matters of scientific classification.

In nineteenth-century Europe, differences among human bodies were understood to be matters of scientific classification.

As major environmental crises loom, Christina Ergas makes the argument in Surviving Collapse that one possible way forward is a radical sustainable development that turns the focus from monetary gain to social and ecological regeneration and transformation.

As major environmental crises loom, Christina Ergas makes the argument in Surviving Collapse that one possible way forward is a radical sustainable development that turns the focus from monetary gain to social and ecological regeneration and transformation.

Mark Rowlands presents a novel analysis of three epoch-defining environmental problems: climate, extinction, and pestilence.

Mark Rowlands presents a novel analysis of three epoch-defining environmental problems: climate, extinction, and pestilence.

The passage of the Clean Air Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970 marked a sweeping transformation in American politics.

The passage of the Clean Air Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970 marked a sweeping transformation in American politics.

To deal with the climate crisis we need a new paradigm of technological and social development aimed at the restoration of ecological systems--the bio-digital energy paradigm--and China is the world power best positioned to lead this change.

To deal with the climate crisis we need a new paradigm of technological and social development aimed at the restoration of ecological systems--the bio-digital energy paradigm--and China is the world power best positioned to lead this change.