Teri Walker

Today's Environmental Issues

Democrats and Republicans

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An accessible and impartial survey of the positions of the Republican and Democratic parties on the most pressing environmental issues of our time, from climate change and wilderness preservation to air and water pollution. Today's Environmental Issues: Democrats and Republicans presents a unique perspective on party politics-one that impartially identifies similarities and differences regarding an array of topics ranging from fracking, sustainability, and pesticides to logging and noise pollution. Essays provide both historical information and up-to-date coverage of partisan opinions on today's environmental concerns. Written for upper level high school students, undergraduates, and general audiences interested in environmental issues and partisan viewpoints, this book enables readers to better understand the origins, details, differences, and commonalities of partisan opinions surrounding today's environmental concerns. Each environmental issue is unique with its own set of concerns and impacts, particularly when viewed from a party perspective. By examining a breadth of issues from the party viewpoint, readers can understand how the parties could work together or in opposition, depending on the environmental issue-and that the parties may not always be polar opposites on every issue, a characterization that is often portrayed in the media. Each essay includes a sidebar that presents a quick look at the party line, individuals who have shaped opinion or policy, or key court decisions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: ABC-CLIO
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 961g
• ISBN-13: 9781440847097
• ISBN-10: 1440847096
• Artikelnr.: 47878010

Autorenporträt

Teri J. Walker

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Partisan Environmental Priorities Introduction Climate Change
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Emissions Trading Endangered Species
Environmental Justice Freshwater Use and Pollution Fuel and Energy
Efficiency Standards Genetically Modified Foods Grazing Hazardous Waste
Disposal Hydraulic Fracturing ("Fracking") Hydroelectric Energy Indoor Air
Pollution Logging on Public Lands Marine Pollution and Protection Mining
Motorized Recreation on Public Lands National Parks Noise Pollution Nuclear
Waste Disposal Oil and Natural Gas Drilling Outdoor Air Pollution Ozone
Depletion Pesticides Public Lands Solar Energy Sustainability
Transportation Wetlands Wilderness Conservation Wind Energy Glossary
Selected Bibliography Index About the Contributors