William M. Alley, Rosemarie Alley

The War on the EPA

America's Endangered Environmental Protections

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the daunting hurdles facing the EPA in its critical roles in drinking water, air and water pollution, climate change, and toxic chemicals. It illustrates the importance of a strong EPA, the challenges of regulation, and how today's war on science is undermining the scientific foundation upon which the agency's legitimacy rests.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781538190951
• ISBN-10: 1538190958
• Artikelnr.: 68887875

Autorenporträt

By William M. Alley and Rosemarie Alley

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 EPA 101
PART I: DRINKING WATER
2 Take It from the Tap
3 Environmental Justice
PART II: WATER POLLUTION
4 A Wicked Problem
5 Inconvenient Connections
PART III: AIR POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE
6 A Never-Ending Battle
7 Costs, Benefits, and Politics
8 Climate Change
PART IV: TOXIC CHEMICALS AND HAZARDOUS WASTE
9 Toxic Chemicals
10 The Forever Chemicals
11 Superfund
12 A Success Story
13 Resurrecting the EPA
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Authors