| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 367 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Water: no cholesterol, fat free, zero sugar -- Infrastructure: pipes, wires, roads, bridges, railroads, dams, airports, and levees -- Floods: when the levees break -- Garbage: trash talk -- Soil, crops, and food: dirt and nutrition -- Fossil fuels: energy from the past -- Alternative energy sources: energy for the future -- The nuclear energy controversy: radiation for everyone -- Climate change: what have we done? -- Air pollution: lung disease -- Conclusion: is there hope? |
| Summary |
An accessible overview of the most important environmental issues facing the United States, with new and updated material |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Pollution -- United States
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy.
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Ecology
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Pollution
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Environmental conditions
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| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010026307 |
| ISBN |
9780262295529 |
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0262295520 |
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1283119099 |
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9781283119092 |
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9786613119094 |
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6613119091 |
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