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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Главный автор: Alley, William M.
Другие авторы: Alley, Rosemarie
Формат: Электронная книга
Язык:English
Публикация: Lanham, Maryland Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]
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Online-ссылка:https://www.lib.tsu.ru/mminfo/2023/EBSCO/2370044.pdf
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Оглавление:
  • 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