Belton Thomas Belton

Protecting New Jersey's Environment (eBook, PDF)

From Cancer Alley to the New Garden State

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Contaminants in fish. Ocean dumping. Biological diversity/integrity and endangered species. Pinelands and forest preservation. Wetlands protection. Watersheds and headwaters. In Protecting New Jersey's Environment these concerns translate into real human interest stories about people and their surroundings not only in the state-a critical site for the growth of environmentalism-but all around the country as well.And you can add even more to the list-ozone depletion, nuclear power, toxic waste, sprawl, racial inequity, brownfields remediation versus environmental justice concerns. Through a series of gripping accounts organized by geographic area, Thomas Belton considers key environmental issues in New Jersey and champions the ways common citizens have sought justice when faced with unseen health threats. Often, as people search for remedies in their neighborhoods, the challenges they face result in what Belton calls bare-knuckles environmental protection, replete with back-room political deals, infighting, criminals, and hapless victims.With people as its focus, Protecting New Jersey's Environment explores the science underpinning environmental issues and the public policy infighting that goes undocumented behind the scenes and beneath the controversies. Belton demonstrates the ways that scientists, regulators, lobbyists, and politicians interact and offers the public a go-to guide on how to seek environmental protection in practical ways.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780813550220
• Artikelnr.: 55102710

Autorenporträt

Belton, Thomas

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The War on Cancer
2. Poisoned Fish
3. The Quality of Water
4. Radiation Proctection
5. Environmental Crime
6. Environmental Warfare
7. The Lure of Brownfields
8. Environmental Justice
9. The Woodlands 
10. The Biotic Mosaic
11. Headwaters and Watersheds
12. Coastal New Jersey and Rising Waters
Afterword
Notes
Index