Environmental issues: essential primary sources
Publisher
Thomson Gale
Publication Date
c2006
Language
English
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9781414406251
9781414406268
9781414406268
Table of Contents
From the Book
Roots of environmental and ecological thought
The physical earth
The biosphere
Exploration
Environmental legislation
Energy use and perils
Environmental disasters
Conservation and activism.
From the eBook
Advisors and contributors
Acknowledgements
About the set
Introduction
About the entry
Using primary sources
Chronology
Roots of environmental and ecological thought
The physical earth
The biosphere
Exploration
Environmental legislation
Energy use and perils
Environmental disasters
Conservation and activism.
Using Primary Sources
Chronology
Roots of Environmental and Ecological Thought
The Pioneers
Birds of America
Walden
"The Big Trees of California"
An Overland Journey from New York to San Francisco in the Summer of 1859
Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action
The White-Thorn Blossom
"Johnny Appleseed: A Pioneer Hero"
"The Wonders of Yellowstone"
Roughing It
The Conservation of Natural Resources in the United States
An Address by J. Sterling Morton on Arbor Day 1885
Octavia Hill (1838-1912) founds English National Trust
Our National Parks
Drawing the Line in Mississippi
Nature
A Book Lover's Holiday in the Open
Mt. Williamson, The Sierra Nevada, from Manzanar, California
The Green Belt
"'Silent Spring' is Now Noisy Summer"
Rachel Carson Dies of Cancer
"The Historical Roots of our Ecological Crisis"
"The Tragedy of the Commons"
"American Institutions and Ecological Ideals"
Coming into the Country
Gorillas in the Mist
Fascist Ecology
Julia "Butterfly" Hill Stands In A 200-Foot Tall Old-Growth Redwood Tree
Gaia: A new look at life on Earth
The Physical Earth
"Piecing Continents Together"
"A Mountain"
Sulfur plumes off Namibia
Four False Color Views of Ocean Surface Height of the Pacific Ocean
"Low Ozone Level Found Above Antarctica"
"A Semidesert with a Desert Heart"
"At Last, the Smoking Gun?"
Fires Raging Across Indonesia
"The Torino Impact Hazard Scale"
Climate Change Impacts on the United States
"The New View of Natural Climate Variation"
Dust Cloud over Japan
Holes in Ozone Layer of Earth
Earth Story
Water Resources of the United States
WMO Statement on the Status of the Global Climate in 2004
"Shrinking Glaciers Evidence of Global Warming: Differences Seen by Looking at Photos From 100 Years Ago"
The Seasons and the Earth's Orbit
"Global Warming: The Culprit? Evidence mounts that human activity is helping fuel these monster hurricanes"
The Biosphere
A Naturalist in Nicaragua
The Sewers of Paris, Purification Service
Our Vanishing Wildlife
Lead Helps to Guard Your Health
Botanist George Washington Carver in Arboretum
Stanley Miller Working in Laboratory
World Wildlife Fund
"The Carbon Cycle and Climate Warming"
Artificial Reefs
The Control of Nature
Experimental Fish Guidance Devices
"A New Paradigm"
"From the Modern Synthesis to Lysenkoism, and Back? Portraits Of Science"
"Turning the Tide?"
"Pesticide Persisting Beyond Scheduled Elimination Date"
Annual Permit Limits for Nitrogen and Phosphorus for Permits Designed to Protect Chesapeake Bay and Its Tidal Tributaries from Excess Nutrient Loading under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
"Deep In the Swamp, an 'Extinct' Woodpecker Lives"
"Ecological Land Mines"
Exploration
The Louisiana Purchase
Expedition Chart
Discovery of the Yosemite
The Pampas and Andes
"Yosemite Glaciers"
"The Excursion"
"Expedition of 1898-1902"
My First Summer in the Sierra
The Living Sea
Voyager II's Gold Disc "Sounds of Earth"
The Log from the Sea of Cortez
"Isotopic Evidence for Extraterrestrial Non-Racemic Amino Acids in the Murchison Meteorite"
"The Greenland Expedition of 1925"
The Science Bit ... Part 3 ... The Larsen B Ice Shelf Disintegration
Environmental Legislation
R. V. Medley and Others
Department of the Interior Established
Yellowstone National Park Act
Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899
Federal Power Act of 1920, as Amended
"The True History of Teapot Dome"
Tree-Toting Members of Civilian Conservation Corps
A Radio Address on the Third Anniversary of C.C.C.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
The Antarctic Treaty
Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water
The Water Quality Act of 1965
United States v. Standard Oil
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
National Park Service Organic Act
National Environmental Policy Act
DOI Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act
EPA Establishes Hazardous Waste Enforcement and Emergency Response System
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax Act of 1980 (WPT)
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
Oil Pollution Act
Clean Air Act
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Framework Convention on Climate Change
Kyoto Protocol
HR3515-Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988
Economic and Security and Recovery Act of 2001
Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act, 1970 to 1990
Testimony of Christine Todd Whitman
Mercury Reduction Act of 2003
Coastal Zone Renewable Energy Act of 2003
Marine Debris Research Prevention and Reduction Act
Energy Use and Perils
Edwin L. Drake Strikes Oil in Titusville, Pennsylvania
Hoover Dam
Atoms for Peace
1975 State of the Union Address
Energy Policy Act of 1992
"The Dam"
Energy Policy Act of 2005
Study on Energy Supply Security and Geopolitics
Environmental Disasters
Debate of Senate Bill 203. 38th Congress, 1864
Dust Bowl Blues
Skyline of Downtown Los Angeles Shrouded and Obscured by Smog
"Oil Slick is Shroud for Birds"
Cumberland Mountain Area Scarred by Strip Mining
"The Love Canal Tragedy"
"The Big Spill:
Mercury Residues and Poisoning
Taj Mahal Facade Carving Detail with Chips
Wreckage at the Site of the World Trade Center
The Amazonian Rainforest under Siege from Illegal Loggers
"Memories Still Linger 25 Years After Three Mile Island Accident"
Wave's Environmental Toll:
In Harm's Way: Hurricanes, Population Trends and Environmental Change
Conservation and Activism
"An Anti-Smoke Rally"
Radon Health Mines
Environmental Action Group
"Nation Set to Observe Earth Day"
"Wilderness as a Form of Land Use"
Environmental Damage in Post-Soviet Eastern Europe
"An African Success Story"
"Rent-Seeking Behind the Green Curtain"
The Water Sourcebooks: K-12
Sewage Protestors Hold a "Toilet Protest"
Globalization and Poverty: An Ecological Perspective
Antinuclear Activists Confront Police
"And Now, a New York Version of Star Wars"
Vision Statement for the World Summit on Sustainable Development
Warming Up to the Truth: The Real Story About Climate Change
Protesters at Site of New Terminal 5, Heathrow
Indian Schoolgirl Urges People to Drink Natural Beverages
Boiling Point
Wangari Maathai-Nobel Lecture
"15 Arrested in Land Rover Protest"
"Rescuing Environmentalism"
"Laws Don't Work if They're Only on Paper"
Chernobyl Disaster Spurs Ecological Movements in Eastern Europe
How to Conserve Water and Use It Effectively
Demonstrations against Transfer of French Warship to India for Asbestos Removal.
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