Environmental Policy

by CALHOUN, YAEL

• ISBN13: 9780791082058
• ISBN10: 0791082059
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-03-31
• Publisher: Chelsea House Pub

Summary

Covers a variety of topics on environmental issues, including federal lands policy, air quality, water policy, and climate change.

Table of Contents

Foreword by David Seideman, Editor-in-Chief, Audubon Magazine	viii
Introduction: "Why Should We Care?"	xiv
Section A: Federal Lands Policy	1	(42)
What Are Public Lands and Who Decides How They Are Used?	2	(15)
The Heart of the Nation	3	(14)
by Bernard Shanks
What Threatens Our National Wildlife Refuge System?	17	(10)
The Greatest Show on Earth	18	(9)
by Jessica Snyder Sachs
How Do Marine Reserves Protect Ocean Resources?	27	(9)
Undiscovered Country	28	(8)
by David Helvarg
What Are Some Public Land Issues?	36	(7)
Frontal Assault	37	(7)
by Joel Connelly
Section B: Air Quality Policy	43	(8)
How Does Our Nation Protect Air Quality?	44	(3)
Clean Air Rules 2004	45	(7)
from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act	47	(4)
from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Section C: Water Policy	51	(44)
What Is the Clean Water Act?	52	(4)
Introduction to the Clean Water Act	53	(3)
from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
What Are Our Nation's Policies for Water Use?	56	(16)
Rivers for Life	57	(15)
by Sandra Postel and Brian Richter
Why Is the Pumping of Groundwater an Issue?	72	(15)
The Perils of Groundwater Pumping	73	(14)
by Robert Glennon
Does the Clean Water Act Protect the Oceans?	87	(8)
Beneath the Surface	88	(8)
by Cathy Asato
Section D: Climate Change Policy	95	(40)
What Are the Global Policies on Climate Change?	96	(23)
Reading the Weathervane: Climate Change from Rio to Johannesburg	97	(22)
by Seth Dunn
How Are Our States and Cities Addressing Climate Change?	119	(16)
A Change of Climate	120	(15)
by Susan Joy Hassol and Randy Udall
Bibliography	135	(1)
Further Reading	136	(1)
Index	137

Excerpts

For more than 100 years, environmental policy has taken many different approaches, from conservation to cleanup of polluted areas. Debates over how the environment can best be protected often become heated, both among advocates and among the legislators who make the laws that affect the environment.