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by Wilfred Beckerman  Publisher Comments Public opinion surveys repeatedly show that a vast majority of Americans consider themselves "environmentalists", no doubt largely because "environmentalism" is widely thought to be synonymous with "caring about the environment". Wilfred Beckerman... (read more)  List Price $11.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Tong Jen Fu Synopsis Advances in biotechnology have the potential to bring foods containing proteins derived from genes of non-food origin into the marketplace. Assessing the potential allergenicity of these transgenic proteins as part of the overall food safety evaluation... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $8.63 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Peter Groenewegen Publisher Comments Through a series of essays and annotated references, The Greening of Industry Resource Guide and Bibliography presents analysis and commentary drawn from a variety of sources that examine critical issues today's changing environment. Following a general... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Alan Berger Publisher Comments There are over 200,000 abandoned mines covering hundreds of thousands of acres in the western United States. Seen from the air, they create surreal, haunting, yet somehow beautiful landscapes of mind-boggling scale. But these scarred landscapes are only... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price $32.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Maurice Strong Publisher Comments A surprising call to action from a key business and environmental player at the dawn of the millenium. From the Report to the Shareholders, Earth Inc., dated January 1, 2030 that begins Where on Earth Are We Going?: world hunger, ecological and... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price $13.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jeffrey Hollender Publisher Comments This book shows how just one person can make a difference in solving global, national, and local problems. Each chapter alerts readers to problems that require attention, explains the issues and what has to be done about them, and lists the addresses and... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Joel Tickner Publisher Comments The "precautionary principle"-the idea that society should guard against potentially harmful activities even if some cause and effect relationshipshave not been fully established-has often been attacked for being unscientific. However leading scientists... (read more) List Price $70.00 Your price $41.21 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Bonnie B Burgess Book News Annotation Arguing that one of the most prominent legislative acts for protecting the environment, the Endangered Species Act, is itself endangered, Burgess (biodiversity and wildlife conservation, Johns Hopkins U.) presents a defense of the act and discusses... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $17.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Liz Walker Publisher Comments In a world filled with stories of environmental devastation and social dysfunction, "EcoVillage at Ithaca" is a refreshing and hopeful look at a modern-day village that is taking an integrated approach to addressing these problems. <P>This book... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John A Baden Publisher Comments Innovative strategies for resolving the competing concerns and interests that affect national park and federal lands policy in the U.S.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John Mcphee Publisher Comments While John McPhee was working on his previous book, Rising from the Plains, he happened to walk by the engineering building at the University of Wyoming, where words etched in limestone said: "Strive on--the control of Nature is won, not given." In the... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $11.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Cairo A. R. Robb Publisher Comments The first ever collection of international and national decisions, with summaries, relevant to international environmental law.... (read more) List Price $90.00 Your price $44.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Marian R Chertow Publisher Comments Twenty-five years ago, the Cuyahoga River in Ohio was so contaminated that it caught fire, air pollution in some cities was thick enough to taste, and environmental laws focused on the obvious enemy: large American factories with belching smoke-stacks... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Ruth Hillary Publisher Comments Published in association with the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), this handbook presents a comprehensive guide to all aspects of environmental management for businesses. Environmental issues are no longer the concern only of heavy industry, and... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price $15.60 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Donald G Schueler Publisher Comments In 1968, when Don Schueler and Willie Brown bought eighty acres in Mississippi, all they could afford was a piece of least worst land. Moonshiners and poachers tried to scare them off, but Don and Willie stuck it out, restoring The Place, bringing back... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price $4.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Martin W Lewis Publisher Comments Scholars, politicians, and activists worldwide are finally recognizing the severity of the global environmental crisis, yet serious threats to the environmental movement remain. Anti-environmentalists dismiss the very idea of a crisis as a mirage. Much... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Robert Weller Publisher Comments A description of the transformations in Chinese and Taiwanese responses to the environment across the twentieth century.... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price $14.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Bill Street Publisher Comments For nearly 50 years, the National Wildlife Federation Conservation Directory has served as the preeminent guide to the conservation community for a broad range of audiences. Island Press is proud to be a partner with the National Wildlife Federation in... (read more) List Price $75.00 Your price $54.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Joe Sherman Publisher Comments From a baby's first breath—that universal and fundamental entry into life outside the womb—air is taken for granted. Joe Sherman's Gasp is an entertaining investigation of air and the discoveries of how it works in the body and in our world... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Kenneth S Deffeyes Publisher Comments Geophysicist M. King Hubbert predicted in 1956 that U.S. oil production would reach its highest level in the early 1970s. Though roundly criticized by oil experts and economists, Hubbert's prediction came true in 1970. In this revised and updated... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $13.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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