Environmental protection: what everyone needs to know

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Environmental Protection: What Everyone Needs to Know helps readers to access and navigate the robust system of environmental laws that have emerged to check the deleterious impact of human activity on the natural environment. Using concrete examples to cover historical background as well as contemporary scientific, legal, and economic topics, the book exploreshot-button current issues from nanopollution to climate change.

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Full title :Environmental protection : what everyone needs to know / PamelaHill.

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Publication Date:©2017

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Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2017

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Description:1 ressource en ligne.

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ISBN:0190223081, 019022309X, 9780190223083, 9780190223090
oclc:on1371451948
LC Classification:GE170
Dewey Decimal:363.7

Cover; Environmental Protection; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Environmental Protection: An Introduction; What is the environment?; What is environmental protection?; Why does the environment need protection?; How did protecting the environment become a societal concern?; What is the Environmental Protection Agency?; Do most countries have environmental agencies similar to the EPA?; What values drive environmental policy?; What issustainability?; Why is environmental protection so hard to achieve?

How can nutrients cause water pollution?What are algal blooms?; How do excess nutrients get into the aquatic environment?; What are pathogens?; Why are sediments water pollutants?; Which chemicals are the most harmful water pollutants?; What are contaminants of emerging concern?; Are plastics in water a serious problem?; Why is heat a water pollutant?; How does noise cause water pollution?; What are the main sources of water pollution?; Is sewage treated before it gets into water?; What is stormwater pollution?; Which industriespollute the water most?; Why are oil spills so bad?

What are the main obstacles to achieving global environmental agreements?Should developing cou…

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Environmental degradation -- Prevention Environmental law Environmental law -- United States environmental policy Environmental protection Environnement -- Politique gouvernement… Environnement -- Protection Livres numériques United States