245 00 |a Taking sides : |b clashing views on environmental issues / |c selected, edited, and with introductions by Thomas Easton.

260 __ |a Dubuque, IA: |b McGraw Hill Contemporary Learning Series, |c c2007.

505 0_ |a Environmental philosophy: Is the precautionary principle a sound basis for international policy?; Is sustainable development compatible with human welfare?; Should a price be put on the goods and services provided by the world's ecosystems? -- Principles versus politics: Is biodiversity overprotected?; Should environmental policy attempt to cure environmental racism?; Can pollution rights trading effectively control environmental problems?; Should the military be exempt from environmental regulations? -- Energy issues: Should the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge be open to oil drilling?; Should the U.S. be dong more to combat global warming?; Will hydrogen end our fossil-fuel addiction?; Is additional federal oversight needed for the construction of LNG import facilities? Is it time to revive nuclear power? -- Food and population: Do falling birth rates pose a threat to human welfare?; Is genetic engineering the answer to hunger?; Are marine reserves needed to protect global fisheries? -- Toxic chemicals: Should DDT be banned worldwide?; Do environmental hormone mimics pose a potentially serious health threat?; Is the Superfund program successfully protecting the environment from hazardous wastes?; Should the United States reprocess spent nuclear fuel?

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