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Worldmark encyclopedia of U.S. and Canadian environmental issues / Susan Bevan Gall and Margaret K. Antone, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmentalism--United States--Encyclopedias.
- Environmentalism.
- Environmentalism--Canada--Encyclopedias.
- United States--Environmental conditions--Encyclopedias.
- United States.
- Canada--Environmental conditions--Encyclopedias.
- Canada.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (lv, 691 pages) : color illustrations, color maps.
- Edition:
- 001 ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Detroit : Gale Cengage Learning, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Covers the environmental issues for each U.S. state and Canadian province. Essays include an introduction that describes the geographical and geological features of the state/province, information on how global climate change could affect the state/province and its inhabitants, information on natural resources, energy, Green Economy, Green Jobs, and Green Building, and a special section that covers a major environmental topic in each state/province.
- Contents:
- Title Page; Contents; Contributors and Reviewers; Reader's Guide; Glossary of Special Terms; Chronology; List of Conversions; Overview of Current Environmental Issues, United States; Introduction; Status Report: Climate Change; What Are the Solutions?; Natural Resources, Water, and Agriculture; Activism and Results; Food Supply Effects on the Environment; Effects of Energy Generation on the Environment; Toxics and Pollution; Green Business, Green Building, Green Jobs; Alabama; Natural Resources, Water, and Agriculture; Energy; Green Business, Green Building, Green Jobs
- Air Quality in Birmingham: A Continuing ProblemAlaska; Alaska: Vast and Beautiful; Natural Resources, Water, and Agriculture; Energy: Oil, Gas, Reserves Energize Debate; Green Business, Green Building, Green Jobs; Arizona; Natural Resources, Water, and Agriculture; Energy; Green Business, Green Building, Green Jobs; The Never-Ending Story of Water Sustainability in Arizona; Arkansas; Natural Resources, Water, and Agriculture; Energy; Green Business, Green Building, Green Jobs; Poultry Waste Contamination of the Illinois River: The Legal Case of; California
- Natural Resources, Water, and AgricultureEnergy; Green Business, Green Building, Green Jobs; Global Warming Solutions Act Prompts Heated Debate; Colorado; Natural Resources, Water, and Agriculture; Energy; Green Business, Green Building, Green Jobs; Mountain Pine Beetle; Connecticut; Natural Resources, Water, and Agriculture; Energy: Nuclear-Powered, Solar Potential; Green Business, Green Building, Green Jobs; State Faces Scrutiny Over Vetoed Energy Bill; Delaware; Natural Resources, Water, and Agriculture; Energy; Green Business, Green Building, Green Jobs
- Horseshoe Crab Population Declines, Migratory Shorebirds at RiskFlorida; Natural Resources, Water, and Agriculture; Energy: Turning Orange Peels Into Biofuels; Green Business, Green Building, Green Jobs; Thirst for Water, Hunger for Land Strains Florida's Resources; The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Florida; Georgia; Natural Resources, Water, and Agriculture; Energy; Green Business, Green Building, Green Jobs; The Fight for Water in Atlanta; Hawaii; Natural Resources, Water, and Agriculture; Energy; Green Business, Green Building, Green Jobs
- Sustainable Tourism: Welcoming Visitors While Maintaining Hawaii's Fragile EcosystemIdaho; Natural Resources, Water, and Agriculture; Energy; Green Business, Green Building, Green Jobs; Dam Removal on the Snake River; Illinois; Natural Resources, Water, and Agriculture; Energy; Green Business, Green Building, Green Jobs; The Battle of the Asian Carp; High-speed Rail is on the Fast Track in Illinois; Indiana; Natural Resources, Water, and Agriculture; Energy; Green Business, Green Building, Green Jobs; Biofuels: The Highway to the Future; Iowa; Natural Resources, Water, and Agriculture
- Energy: Demanding More Than Fossil Fuels
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781410338372
- 1410338371
- 9781414490892
- 1414490895
- OCLC:
- 786443291
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