Extreme environment : how environmental exaggeration harms emerging economies / Ivo Vegter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vegter, Ivo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental degradation--Social aspects--Developing countries.

Environmental degradation.

Environmental degradation--Social aspects--South Africa.

Environmental economics--Developing countries.

Environmental economics.

Environmental economics--South Africa.

Environmental degradation--Social aspects.

Developing countries.

South Africa.

Physical Description:

xiii, 321 pages 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cape Town : Zebra Press, 2012.

Summary:

Journalist Vegter claims that environmental dangers are exaggerated and argues that less-developed countries should not be subjected to environmental policies that only rich nations can afford. He downplays the nuclear disaster in Japan, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and evidence of climate change, and points to deception and exaggeration by officials, consultants, contractors, and activists. Several chapters are devoted to fracking. The book includes color maps, explanatory diagrams, and photos. It is distributed in the US by International Publishers Marketing. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction: exaggeration, sensationalism and age-old neuroses

David versus Goliath: the rise of the fracking controversy

Fracking: a light on scary nightmares

Fracking: crying wolf

Umami: the good taste

Many people died, but not at Fukushima

The Caribbean: reports of my death were greatly exaggerated

Fun with facts and fallacies

The last resort: climate change

The church of Gaia

Exaggeration makes us poorer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-312) and index.

ISBN:

9781770223646

1770223649

9781770223653

1770223657

9781770223660

1770223665

OCLC:

785082815