Pollution and threats to the environment

An examination of clean technology entrepreneurship finds that “green capitalism” is more capitalist than green.

How climate change can affect our health, from heat-related illnesses to extreme weather events.

Concepts and their role in the evolution of modern environmental policy, with case studies of eleven influential concepts ranging from “environment” to “sustainable consumption.

A comprehensive assessment and analysis of the validity, trustworthiness, and effectiveness, of such environmental ratings as ENERGY STAR, LEED, and USDA Organic.

Updated edition of a comprehensive introduction to the economics of water management, with self-contained treatment of all necessary economic concepts.

A study of biodiversity governance analyzes the factors that determine the effectiveness of transnational advocacy networks and the importance of justice claims to conservation.

A proposal for a new chemicals strategy: that we work to develop safer alternatives to hazardous chemicals rather than focusing exclusively on controlling them.

A scientist makes a powerful case that preservation of the integrity of the biosphere is a necessity and an inviolable human right.

An updated and accessible account of what science knows about climate change, incorporating the latest scientific findings and policy initiatives.

A leading scientist argues that we must consider deploying climate engineering technology to slow the pace of global warming.

A hard look at the twin challenges of climate change and energy scarcity that examines historical precedents and allows no room for complacency.

How Americans make energy choices, why they think locally (not globally), and how this can shape U.

A renowned climatologist—and political conservative—assesses current scientific understanding of climate change and sounds a call to action.

An analytically precise and theoretically probing exploration of the challenge to our values and virtues posed by climate change.

An examination of political conflicts over pesticide drift and the differing conceptions of justice held by industry, regulators, and activists.

A discussion of the opportunities and challenges involved mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from passenger travel.

A leading economist develops a supply-side approach to fighting climate change that encourages resource owners to leave more of their fossil carbon underground.

An examination of how a transnational coalition of firms and NGOs influenced the emergence of emissions trading as a central component of global climate governance.

Experts offer theoretical and empirical analyses that view the regulation of transboundary air pollution as a dynamic process.

The story of how a chain of failures, missteps, and bad decisions led to America''s biggest environmental disaster.

The science behind global warming, and its history: how scientists learned to understand the atmosphere, to measure it, to trace its past, and to model its future.

The stories of residents of low-income communities across the country who took action when pollution from heavy industry contaminated their towns.

An introduction to the global carbon cycle and the human-caused disturbances to it that are at the heart of global warming and climate change.

'Crucially, this book bridges a gap in our understanding of how different societal sectors can be united to define roles, identify shared interests and devise strategies that complement progress towards more sustainable material use.

The book comprehensively analyses whether a State may be held responsible for environmental damage resulting from its wrongful conduct in international armed conflict.

Die globale Erwärmung konfrontiert Gesellschaften mit drängenden Fragen zu ihren Zukünften: Das Wissen um stetig steigende Emissionen und die wachsende Sorge vor katastrophalen Kipppunkten lassen einerseits auf einen grundlegenden Politikwechsel hoffen, andererseits fühlen sich viele Menschen angesichts ihrer scheinbaren Machtlosigkeit überfordert.

As urban populations grow unprecedentedly, cities worldwide face pressures from rapid expansion, climate change, and social inequalities.

This proceedings book of ICES 2023 presents the most recent studies on environmental sciences and environmental sustainability, which contributes to the resolution of environmental issues (air pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, noise pollution, thermal pollution, radioactive pollution, light pollution, and global warming).

Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSSs) have become an essential technology used in navigation, positioning, and timing applications in meteorology, environmental monitoring, disaster management, and space exploration.

What if climate change isn t an environmental challenge, but an energy challenge?

This book explores the historical and theoretical classification of True Cost Accounting (TCA) and its business-oriented ways of implementation.

Being a Sustainable Firm: Takeaways for a Sustainability-oriented Management addresses strategies and management issues related to the latest innovations in the field of sustainability.

In this book, Kim Vender examines China's leadership in climate change governance.

The Tank Cascade System (TCS) of Sri Lanka is a connected series of tanks organized within a micro-catchment of a dry zone landscape for storing, conveying, and utilizing water from a temporary stream.

Die durch Menschen verursachte Klimakrise zeigt sich immer dramatischer.

Urban Density Contextualized provides planners with the tools to understand, assess, and implement urban density successfully.

Celebrated as an aquatic form of divinity for thousands of years, the Yamuna is one of India's most sacred rivers.

Pairing in-depth journalism with historical perspectives, this book makes a compelling case for a natural solution to the growing problem of flooding.

Gaia Wakes presents a compelling new framework for understanding the past, present, and future of our planet.

The first book-length exploration of climate-driven reproductive anxiety that places race and social justice at the center.

A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2025"e;In this provocative book, both witty and profoundly serious, Barak provides a human-scale history of the causes and consequences of rising temperatures in the Middle East.

This book analyzes social capital and preparations for natural hazards in the Philippines.

'The tree is the hero in his book.

Gaia Wakes presents a compelling new framework for understanding the past, present, and future of our planet.

Urban Density Contextualized provides planners with the tools to understand, assess, and implement urban density successfully.

The Tank Cascade System (TCS) of Sri Lanka is a connected series of tanks organized within a micro-catchment of a dry zone landscape for storing, conveying, and utilizing water from a temporary stream.

'A bold, ambitious and truly wonderful history of the world' Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees'A fascinating story and a crucial revision of the momentous importance of tropical forests to human history' Lewis Dartnell, author of Origins_________________________ Jungle tells the remarkable story of the world's tropical forests, from the arrival of the first plants millions of years ago to the role of tropical forests in the evolution of the world's atmosphere, the dinosaurs, the first mammals and even our own species and ancestors.

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The essential account of geopolitics right now, from one of our greatest living intellectuals - including a new afterword on President Donald Trump Noam Chomsky: philosopher, political writer, fearless activist.

Because We Say So is Noam Chomsky's essential counter punch to American hegemony.