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Subject(s)

• Environmental policy—United States [Browse]
• Environmental disasters—United States [Browse]
• Environmental policy [Browse]
• Environmental disasters [Browse]
• United States—Environmental conditions [Browse]

Series

• Issues & controversies in American history [More in this series]
• Issues and controversies in American history

Summary note

Over the last 60 years, environmental politics and policy have shaped the modern world and sparked some of the most controversial and complicated disputes in American history. On issues from toxic chemicals, endangered species, and pollutio Black-and-white illustrations. Maps. Index. Bibliographies. Chronologies. Web sites. Primary sources. Tables.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• The Donora smog : what was responsible for the deadly Donora smog of 1948?
• Echo Park : should dams be allowed within a national monument?
• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 : does NEPA create new and enforceable duties on the government to treat the environment differently?
• DDT : should the Environmental Protection Agency have banned DDT?
• Tellico Dam : should the Tellico Dam have been built?
• Hazardous waste : who should pay for the cost of cleaning up hazardous waste sites?
• Bhopal : who or what was responsible for the Bhopal disaster?
• Exxon Valdez disaster : was the decision to levy punitive damages against Exxon fair?
• Kyoto Protocol : should the United States have ratified the Kyoto Protocol on climate change?
• The Makah whale hunt : should the Makah have killed a whale?
• Environmental racism : was the siting of a cement plant in a poor, non-white neighborhood environmental discrimination?
• Hurricane Katrina : what was responsible for the devastating flooding of New Orleans?

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ISBN

• 9780816078844 ((acid-free paper))
• 081607884X ((acid-free paper))

LCCN

2011007697

OCLC

460053449

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