The environment : opposing viewpoints / [print]
A.E. Sadler, book editor.
- San Diego, California : Greenhaven Press, (c)1996.
- 216 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Environmental conditions are deteriorating Environmental conditions are improving The environmental crisis is exaggerated The environmental crisis is real Air quality is improving Air pollution remains a major problem America's drinking water is unsafe America's drinking water is safe Ocean pollution is manageable Ocean pollution is a serious problem The American consumer is bad for the environment The American consumer is being unfairly vilified Suburbia is harmful to the environment Suburbia is not harmful to the environment The American lawn is bad for the environment Pesticides used for American lawns are not harmful to the environment Environmentalism threatens the traditional western lifestyle Environmentalism does not threaten the traditional western lifestyle Efforts to protect forests endanger loggers' livelihood Protecting forests also protects logging jobs Private industry is good for the environment Private industry is bad for the environment Redesigning industry for sustainability will protect the environment Sustainable development is impracticable Environmental education indoctrinates children in environmental extremism Environmental education teaches children about the environment Environmental regulations should be curtailed Curtailing environmental regulations may prove harmful Al Gore -- Julian L. Simon -- Stephen Budiansky -- Barbara Ruben -- K.H. Jones and Jonathan Adler -- United Nations Environment Programme -- Melissa Healy -- Jonathan Tolman -- R.L. Swanson, J.R. Schubel and A.S. West-Valle -- Peter Weber -- Alan Thein Durning -- Stephanie Moussalli -- Neal Peirce -- Randal O'Toole -- F. Herbert Bormann -- Leonard T. Flynn -- Alston Chase -- The New York times -- James Owen Rice -- Virginia Warner Brodine -- Fred L. Smith Jr. -- John Miller -- Paul Hawken -- Bennett C. Karp -- Jonathan H. Adler -- Barbara Ruben -- Fife Symington -- Frank Clifford.
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Environmental degradation. Sustainable development. Human ecology--United States.