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Issues for debate in environmental management : selections from CQ researcher.

Publication details: Los Angeles : Sage, c2010.Description: xviii, 426 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781412978774 (pbk.)
  • 1412978777 (pbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • CQ researcher.
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HC79.E5 I86 2010
Contents:
The new environmentalism: can new business policies save the environment? -- Curbing climate change: is the world doing enough? -- Confronting warming: can states and localities prevent climate change? -- Reducing your carbon footprint: can individual actions reduce global warming? -- Carbon trading: will it reduce global warming? -- Race for the Arctic: who owns the region's undiscovered oil and gas? -- The future of recycling: is a zero-waste society achievable? -- Buying green: does it really help the environment? -- Regulating toxic chemicals: do we know enough about chemical risks? -- Coal's comeback: can coal become a clean energy source? -- Ecotourism: does it help or hurt fragile lands and cultures? -- Rebuilding New Orleans: should flood-prone areas be redeveloped? -- Protecting wetlands: is the government doing enough? -- Looming water crisis: is the world running out of water? -- Oceans in crisis: can the loss of ocean biodiversity be halted? -- Biofuels boom: can ethanol satisfy America's thirst for foreign oil? -- Fish farming: is it safe for humans and the environment?

Includes bibliographical references.

The new environmentalism: can new business policies save the environment? -- Curbing climate change: is the world doing enough? -- Confronting warming: can states and localities prevent climate change? -- Reducing your carbon footprint: can individual actions reduce global warming? -- Carbon trading: will it reduce global warming? -- Race for the Arctic: who owns the region's undiscovered oil and gas? -- The future of recycling: is a zero-waste society achievable? -- Buying green: does it really help the environment? -- Regulating toxic chemicals: do we know enough about chemical risks? -- Coal's comeback: can coal become a clean energy source? -- Ecotourism: does it help or hurt fragile lands and cultures? -- Rebuilding New Orleans: should flood-prone areas be redeveloped? -- Protecting wetlands: is the government doing enough? -- Looming water crisis: is the world running out of water? -- Oceans in crisis: can the loss of ocean biodiversity be halted? -- Biofuels boom: can ethanol satisfy America's thirst for foreign oil? -- Fish farming: is it safe for humans and the environment?

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