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 explores hot-button current issues from nanopollution to climate change.

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

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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 online resource

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ISBN:9780190223083, 0190223081, 9780190223090, 019022309X
oclc:ocn972478293
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 is sustainability?; Why is environmental protection so hard to achieve?

What does the idea of unintended consequences have to do with environmental protection?2 Pollution; What is pollution?; What are pollutants?; What are persistent organic pollutants?; What are endocrine disruptors?; What are bioaccumulation and biomagnification?; How do we know what a safe level of pollution is?; What is noise pollution?; What is light pollution?; What is nanopollution?; What is the precautionary principle?; What are the most dangerous pollutants?; 3 Environmental Laws; What is environmental law in the United States?

What does the US Constitution say about protecting the environment?Why did Congress enact environmental laws?; What are the most important U…

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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure Environmental degradation -- Prevention Environmental law Environmental law -- United States environmental policy Environmental protection Environnement -- Politique gouvernement… Environnement -- Protection SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General United States