Pollution

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Opposing viewpoints series

Series:

Opposing viewpoints

Publisher:

Greenhaven Press

Pub. Date:

[2011]

Language:

English

Book
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ASU Main (3rd floor)

TD883 .P582 2011

Pub. Date	Publisher	Physical Desc.	Availability
[2011]	Greenhaven Press	262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.	On Shelf ASU Main (3rd floor) TD883 .P582 2011	More Info Place Hold

Subjects

Air
Air -- Pollution
Air -- Pollution -- Government policy
Government policy
Pollution

Description

This volume explores topics relating to environmental pollution by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise these issues. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking and reading skills that are essential in a culture of diverse and contradictory opinions.

Table of Contents

From the Book

Air pollution continues to be a serious problem / American Lung Association

Air pollution is not a serious problem / Joel Schwartz

Electronic waste is a serious problem / Kurk Marko -Producer responsibility can limit the impact of electronic waste / Beverly Thorpe

Plastic debris is polluting the world's oceans / Richard Grant

The quantity and impact of plastic debris in the world's oceans is unknown / Carl Bialik

Pharmaceuticals may be poisoning America's drinking water / Patricia Frank

Clean coal technologies can reduce carbon dioxide emissions / Robert S. Giglio

Clean coal technology will not reduce air pollution / Jeff Biggers

Plug-in electric vehicles will reduce air pollution / Siena Kaplan, Brad Heavner, and Rob Sargent

Plug-in electric vehicles will increase air pollution / James R. Healey

Biofuels have the potential to reduce polluting greenhouse gas emissions / World Policy Institute

Ethanol increases pollution / Sasha Lilley

Nuclear power will reduce air pollution / Nuclear Energy Institute

Nuclear power will hinder efforts to reduce air pollution / Travis Madsen, Tony Dutzik, Bernadette Del Chiaro, and Rob Sargent

Consumer-purchased carbon offsets will reduce carbon emissions / Robert H. Frank

Consumer-purchased carbon offsets do not always reduce carbon emissions / Doug Struck

Recycling innovation will reduce e-waste pollution / Valerie Thomas

Green urban stormwater infrastructure can reduce waterway pollution / Nancy Stoner

Increased federal oversight of offshore oil drilling is necessary to prevent pollution / Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA)

Offshore oil drilling technologies are too challenging to regulate / Kenneth Rogoff

Federally mandated cap-and-trade policies will reduce air pollution / John Podesta

Federally mandated cap-and-trade policies will not reduce air pollution / Kenneth Green

The US government should subsidize liquid fuel production from coal / John N. Ward

The US government should not subsidize liquid fuel production from coal / David G. Hawkins.

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