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Chapter 1: Is There an Environmental Crisis?

Chapter Preface

The Global Environment Is Deteriorating

The Global Environment Is Not Deteriorating

Global Warming Is a Serious Environmental Threat

Global Warming Is Not a Serious Environmental Threat

Chemical Pollutants Are a Significant Cause of Cancer

Chemical Pollutants Are Not a Significant Cause of Cancer

Periodical Bibliography

Chapter 2: How Can Pollution Best Be Prevented?

Chapter Preface

Stricter Federal Regulations Are Necessary to Prevent Air Pollution

Stricter Federal Regulations May Be Counterproductive in Preventing Air Pollution

Recycling Is an Effective Means of Preventing Solid Waste Pollution

Recycling May Not Be the Most Effective Means of Preventing Solid Waste Pollution

Nuclear Energy Is an Environmentally Sound Solution to Preventing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Nuclear Energy Is Not an Environmentally Sound Solution to Preventing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Periodical Bibliography

Chapter 3: Is the American Lifestyle Bad for the Environment?

Chapter Preface

Automobile Use in America Must Be Discouraged to Save the Environment

American Wealth and Consumption Patterns Degrade the Environment

American Wealth and Consumption Patterns Enhance the Environment

Suburban Sprawl Threatens America’s Wildlife

Suburban Sprawl Does Not Threaten America’s Wildlife

Periodical Bibliography

Chapter 4: What Principles and Values Should Guide American Environmental Policy?

Chapter Preface

Free-Market Principles Should Guide Environmental Policy

Free-Market Principles Should Not Guide Environmental Policy

Technology and Modern Industry Must Be Rejected to Save the Environment

Technology and Modern Industry Must Be Used to Preserve the Environment

The United States Should Treat the Environment as a National Security Issue

The United States Should Not Treat the Environment as an Issue of National Security

Periodical Bibliography

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The following articles have been selected to supplement the diverse views presented in this chapter. Addresses are provided for periodicals not indexed in the Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature, the Alternative Press Index, the Social Sciences Index, or the Index to Legal Periodicals and Books.

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