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
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CHAPTER 2: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Global Warming: How Big Business Controls the Debate:
3. Not to Worry, Say Business Lobbyists
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4. Can We Afford to Stop Global Warming?
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5. Winners Take All
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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?
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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
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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
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18. Denmark Shows the Way
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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
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22. Green Labels: Can They Build a New Marketplace?
71
23. Marketing Green: Corporate Environmentalism Shows its
True Colors 75
