Today's Environmental Issues: Democrats and Republicans
byTeri J. Walker, PhD, is associate professor of political science at Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL.
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Walker, Teri. Today's Environmental Issues: Democrats and Republicans. ABC-CLIO, 2017. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440847103.
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An accessible and impartial survey of the positions of the Republican and Democratic parties on the most pressing environmental issues of our time, from climate change and wilderness preservation to air and water pollution.
• Offers a comprehensive collection of essays that explain how party politics affect perspectives on current environmental issues and policies• Provides readers with basic definitions and historical background for understanding the debate on each environmental issue
• Supplies an up-to-date and unbiased overview of Democrat and Republican views on a variety of issues
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Today's Environmental Issues: Democrats and Republicans
Author(s): Walker, Teri;Contributors: Walker, Teri;Abstract:An accessible and impartial survey of the positions of the Republican and Democratic parties on the most pressing environmental issues of our time, from climate change and wilderness preservation to air and water pollution.
• Offers a comprehensive collection of essays that explain how party politics affect perspectives on current environmental issues and policies• Provides readers with basic definitions and historical background for understanding the debate on each environmental issue
• Supplies an up-to-date and unbiased overview of Democrat and Republican views on a variety of issues
SortTitle: today's environmental issues: democrats and republicansAuthor Info:Teri J. WalkerauthorTeri J. Walker, PhD, is associate professor of political science at Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL.
eISBN-13: 9781440847103Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440847103.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440847097Imprint: ABC-CLIOPages: 408Publication Date: 20171231Series: Across the AisleTable of Contents pages: 1 2
- Cover Cover11
- Title iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Contents v6
- Preface: Partisan Environmental Priorities vii8
- Introduction xix20
- Climate Change 122
- Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations 2142
- Emissions Trading 3152
- Endangered Species 4061
- Environmental Justice 5273
- Freshwater Use and Pollution 6182
- Fuel and Energy Efficiency Standards 7495
- Genetically Modified Foods 87108
- Grazing 99120
- Hazardous Waste Disposal 112133
- Hydraulic Fracturing (“Fracking”) 124145
- Hydroelectric Energy 135156
- Indoor Air Pollution 147168
- Logging on Public Lands 155176
- Marine Pollution and Protection 170191
- Mining 182203
- Motorized Recreation on Public Lands 190211
- National Parks 201222
- Noise Pollution 212233
- Nuclear Waste Disposal 227248
- Oil and Natural Gas Drilling 237258
- Outdoor Air Pollution 248269
- Ozone Depletion 258279
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