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9780697375360

Taking Sides

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  • ISBN13:

    9780697375360

  • ISBN10:

    0697375366

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-03-01
  • Publisher: Brown & Benchmark Pub

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Summary

This debate-style reader is designed to introduce students to controversies in environmental policy and science. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading environmentalists, scientists, and policymakers, reflect a variety of viewpoints and are staged as "pro" and "con" debates. Issues are organized around four core areas: general philosophical and political issues, the environment and technology, disposing of wastes, and the environment and the future.

Table of Contents

PART 1 GENERAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES 1(118)
Issue 1. Should Environmental Regulations Be Replaced by Market-Based Strategies?
2(22)
Issue 2. Does Wilderness Have Intrinsic Value?
24(22)
Issue 3. Is the U.S. Endangered Species Act Fundamentally Sound?
48(12)
Issue 4. Should Environmental Policy Be Redesigned to Cure Environmental Racism?
60(24)
Issue 5. Is Limiting Population Growth a Key Factor in Protecting the Global Environment?
84(18)
Issue 6. Should Property Owners Be Compensated When Environmental Restrictions Limit Development?
102(17)
PART 2 THE ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY 119(102)
Issue 7. Should the Industrial Use of Chlorine Be Phased Out?
120(26)
Issue 8. Do Environmental Estrogens Pose a Potentially Serious Health Threat?
146(18)
Issue 9. Should the New Clean Water Act Aim at "Zero Discharge"?
164(18)
Issue 10. Is Rapid Introduction of Electric Cars a Good Strategy for Reducing Air Pollution?
182(18)
Issue 11. Does Feeding People and Preserving Wildlands Require Chemical-Based Agriculture?
200(21)
PART 3 DISPOSING OF WASTES 221(58)
Issue 12. Hazardous Waste: Should the "Polluter Pays" Provision of Superfund Be Weakened?
222(18)
Issue 13. Municipal Waste: Should Recycling Efforts Be Expanded?
240(18)
Issue 14. Nuclear Waste: Should Plans for Underground Storage Be Put on Hold?
258(21)
PART 4 THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE FUTURE 279
Issue 15. Can Green Marketing Save Tropical Rain Forests?
280(20)
Issue 16. Do the Projected Consequences of Ozone Depletion Justify Phasing Out Chlorofluorocarbons?
300(18)
Issue 17. Are Aggressive International Efforts Needed to Slow Global Warming?
318(24)
Issue 18. Are Major Changes Needed to Avert a Global Environmental Crisis?
342

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