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Philpott Don |
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Critical government documents on the environment / / Don Philpott |
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Lanham : , : Bernan Press, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (382 p.) |
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Collana |
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Critical documents series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Pollution - United States |
Ecology - United States |
Environmental policy - United States |
United States Environmental conditions |
United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Critical Government Documents On The Environment ; Contents ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ; INTRODUCTION ; THE BIG QUESTION ; A LITTLE BACKGROUND ; KEY MOMENTS ALONG THE ENVIRONMENTAL HIGHWAY ; THE CURRENT POLITICAL SITUATION ; THE ADMINISTRATION; THE ADMINISTRATION'S ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; Supporting Land Conservation; Protecting our Oceans; Prioritizing Clean Water; Restoring Treasured Great Ecosystems; Working towards Environmental Justice; THE REPUBLICANS ; Republicans on the Environment; THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT ; THE ANTI-ENVIRONMENTALISTS ; SOURCE MATERIAL; FURTHER READING ; GLOBAL WARMING |
OUR CHANGING CLIMATE Observed Change ; Future Climate Change ; Recent US Temperature Trends ; Lengthening Frost-free Season ; US Precipitation Change ; Heavy Downpours Increasing ; Extreme Weather ; Changes in Hurricanes ; Changes in Storms ; Severe Convective Storms ; Winter Storms ; Sea Level Rise ; Melting Ice ; Ocean Acidification ; CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE ; Earth's Temperature Is a Balancing Act ; The Greenhouse Effect ; The Role of the Greenhouse Effect in the Past ; The Recent Role of the Greenhouse Effect ; The Main Greenhouse Gases ; Other Greenhouse Gases ; Other Climate Forcers |
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Changes in the Sun's Energy The Role of the Sun's Energy in the Past ; The Recent Role of the Sun's Energy ; Changes in Reflectivity ; The Role of Reflectivity in the Past ; The Recent Role of Reflectivity ; FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE ; Increasing Greenhouse Gas Concentrations ; Factors Affecting Future Changes ; Long-Term Affect of Greenhouse Gases ; Future Temperature Changes ; Key Global Projections ; Key US Projections ; Future Precipitation and Storm Events ; Key Global Projections ; Future Ice, Snowpack, and Permafrost ; Key Global Projections ; Key US Projections ; Future Sea Level Change |
Future Ocean Acidification RESPONSE OPTIONS ; SOURCE MATERIAL ; FURTHER READING ; CLEAN AIR ; THE PLAIN ENGLISH GUIDE TO THE CLEAN AIR ACT ; Why Should You Be Concerned About Air Pollution? ; Air Pollution and Your Health; Air Pollution and the Environment ; Air Pollution and the Economy; Understanding the Clean Air Act ; Brief History of the Clean Air Act ; Clean Air Act Roles and Responsibilities ; EPA's Role ; State and Local Governments' Role ; Tribal Nations' Role; Key Elements of the Clean Air Act; Cleaning Up Commonly Found Air Pollutants |
Cars, Trucks, Buses, and ""Nonroad"" Equipment Interstate and International Air Pollution ; Reducing Acid Rain; Reducing Toxic Air Pollutants; Protecting the Stratospheric Ozone Layer ; Permits; Enforcement; Public Participation; How the Clean Air Act Is Working ; SIX COMMON AIR POLLUTANTS; Ozone; Health Effects; Environmental Effects; Particulate Matter; Health Effects; Environmental Effects; Carbon Monoxide; Nitrogen Oxides; Sulfur Dioxide ; Lead; ACID RAIN; Surface Waters and Aquatic Animals; Lakes and Streams; Fish and Other Aquatic Organisms; Ecosystems; The Role of Nitrogen |
EPA's Acid Rain Program |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Critical Government Documents on the Environment offers important government information on many of the leading environmental issues facing us today. This book does not offer any new science but attempts to collect and distill government documents so that you can get the information you need quickly and easily. Areas covered include global warming and greenhouse gases, the Keystone Pipeline and mining, water, air and marine pollution, mining and renewable energy. It includes a time line of important environmental events over the last 200 years and has an extensive glossary of environmental ter |
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