ENVIRONMENT READER (DOLLARS & SENSE)

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THE ENVIRONMENT IN CRISIS


CHAPTER 1: THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT
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	 1. Is the U.S. Making Progress? Unlike the GDP, a New
	 Measure Says 'No'        2
	 2. Air Pollution, Past and Present
	 8

CHAPTER 2: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

	Global Warming: How Big Business Controls the Debate:
	 3. Not to Worry, Say Business Lobbyists
	 9
	 4. Can We Afford to Stop Global Warming?
	 12
	 5. Winners Take All
	 16
	 6. Bucking Biotech: The Global Threat of the New
	 Agribusiness                  17
	 7. Prawn Fever: Thailand's High-Stakes Jumbo Shrimp
	 Business                   21

CHAPTER 3: U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS

	 8. Does Preserving the Earth Threaten Jobs?
	 25
	 9. The Sewage Scam: Should Sludge Fertilize Your
	 Vegetables?                   29
	10. Power Lines and Leukemia: Beware of Scientists Bearing
	Glad Tidings 33
	11. The Junk Bond Boss Meets the Ancient Sequoia
	34
	12. Gluttons for Energy: The U.S.'s Insatiable Appetite
	Threatens the           38
	      Environment

CHAPTER 4: REGULATION

	13. Competition Comes to Electricity: Industry Gains,
	People and the            42
	      Environment Lose
	14. Trading Away the Earth: Examining Free Market
	Environmentalism              45
	15. Taxing Trash: Environmental Boon or Consumer Threat?
	49

CHAPTER 5: DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE FUTURES

	16. Trashing Recycling: The New Face of
	Anti-Environmentalism                   53 Greener
	Industry:
	17. New Industrial Ecosystems
	57
	18. Denmark Shows the Way
	59
	19. Let's Just Assume We're Sustainable
	62
	20. Conserve and Renew: How to Save Money and Protect the
	Environment   64

CHAPTER 6: THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT AND ITS OPPONENTS

	21. Environmental Justice: The Birth of a Movement
	68
	22. Green Labels: Can They Build a New Marketplace?
	71
	23. Marketing Green: Corporate Environmentalism Shows its
	True Colors           75