Taking sides. Clashing views on environmental issues / Clashing views on environmental issues. Environmental issues. selected, edited, and with introductions by Thomas Easton. - 13th ed., expanded. - Boston : McGraw-Hill Higher Education, c2010. - xxx, 408 p. ; 24 cm. - Taking sides. . - Taking sides. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Environmental philosophy. Is the precautionary principle a sound approach to risk analysis? -- Is sustainable development compatible with human welfare? -- Should a price be put on the goods and services provided by the world's ecosystems? -- Principles versus politics. Should the Endangered Species Act be strengthened? -- Should the EPA be doing more to fight environmental injustice? -- Can pollution rights trading effectively control environmental problems? -- Energy issues. Should the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge be opened to oil drilling? -- Is global warming skepticism just smoke and mirrors? -- Is wind power green? -- Should cars be more efficient? -- Do biofuels enhance energy security? -- Is it time to revive nuclear power? -- Food and population. Do falling birthrates pose a threat to human welfare? -- Is genetic engineering the answer to hunger? -- Is a large-scale shift to organic farming the best way to increase world food supply? -- Toxic chemicals. Should DDT be banned worldwide? -- Do environmental hormone mimics pose a potentially serious health threat? -- Is the Superfund program successfully protecting human health form hazardous materials? -- Should the United States reprocess spent nuclear fuel? -- Is carbon capture technology ready to limit carbon emissions? -- Should North America's landscape be restored to the pre-human state?

ISBN: 9780073514451 0073514454

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Environmental policy.
Environmental engineering.
Environmental sciences.
Critical thinking--Problems, exercises, etc.