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245 00 $aConserving the environment /$cDebra A. Miller, book editor.
260 $aDetroit, MI :$bGreenhaven Press,$c©2010.
300 $a211 pages ;$c24 cm.
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490 1 $aCurrent controversies series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aForeword -- Introduction -- How Serious Is The Global Environmental Crisis? -- Chapter preface -- Climate change is a serious problem / Current Events -- Climate change is not a catastrophe / Kevin Berger -- Increasing air pollution is creating atmospheric brown clouds / United Nations Environment Programme -- Health of the world's oceans is rapidly declining / Pew Environmental Group -- World is facing a global water crisis / Maude Barlow -- Overpopulation is the central environmental crisis facing the world / Paul R Ehrlich and Anne H Ehrlich -- Is Global Warming A Real Threat?: -- Chapter preface -- Chapter overview / Robert S Boyd -- Yes: Global warming is a real threat: -- Global warming is the greatest threat humans have ever faced / Bill McKibben -- Global warming could lead to world poverty and war / Brad Knickerbocker -- It may already be too late to save the planet from global warming / Michael McCarthy -- No: Global warming is not a real threat: -- Global warming is not a crisis / Philip Stott -- There is no scientific consensus on global warming / Wes Vernon -- United Nations' climate reports are full of errors / Christopher Monckton -- Global warming is a myth / Walter Starck -- Is Biodiversity Loss A Major Concern?: -- Chapter overview / Anup Shah -- Yes: Biodiversity loss is a major concern: -- Biocide is a bigger threat than global warming / Rebecca Sato -- Human health depends on plant and animal biodiversity / United Nations Development Programme -- Marine biodiversity is at great risk / Nancy Knowlton -- No: Biodiversity loss is not a major concern: -- Biodiversity loss has been greatly exaggerated / Sustainable Development Network -- Some species should be allowed to become extinct / Murray Whyte -- Species preservation must be balanced with competing human needs / David Stirling -- What Steps Are Necessary To Better Protect The Environment?: -- Chapter preface -- New US president must undo the George W Bush's administration's environmental policies / Emily Bazelon and Paul Sabin -- World must curtail greenhouse emissions even faster than previously thought / Robin McKie -- Biodiversity hotspots must be protected / EO Wilson -- Market incentives can solve environmental problems / Fred Krupp -- Market cannot solve the environmental crisis / Tony Iltis -- Economy must be reshaped to save the earth / New Scientist -- Current economic crisis provides opportunities to create a sustainable global economy / Jonathan Lash -- Organizations to contact -- Bibliography -- Index.
520 $aOverview: The Current Controversies series examines today's most important social and political issues. Each volume presents a diverse selection of primary sources representing all sides of the debate in question.
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