War on the EPA America's endangered environmental protections

War on the EPA America's endangered environmental protections

This book examines the daunting hurdles facing the EPA in its critical roles in drinking water, air and water pollution, climate change, and toxic chemicals. It illustrates the importance of a strong EPA, the challenges of regulation, and how today's war on science is undermining the scientific...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alley, William M.
Other Authors: Alley, Rosemarie
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]
Subjects:
United States. > Environmental Protection Agency.
Environmental policy > United States.
Environmental protection > United States.
Environmental degradation > Political aspects > United States.
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Online Access:https://www.lib.tsu.ru/mminfo/2023/EBSCO/2370044.pdf
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 EPA 101
  • Part I: Drinking Water
  • 2 Take It from the Tap
  • 3 Environmental Justice
  • Part II: Water Pollution
  • 4 A Wicked Problem
  • 5 Inconvenient Connections
  • Part III: Air Pollution and Climate Change
  • 6 A Never-Ending Battle
  • 7 Costs, Benefits, and Politics
  • 8 Climate Change
  • Part IV: Toxic Chemicals and Hazardous Waste
  • 9 Toxic Chemicals
  • 10 The Forever Chemicals
  • 11 Superfund
  • 12 A Success Story
  • 13 Resurrecting the EPA
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Authors

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