America's environmental report card : are we making the grade? / Harvey Blatt.

Author/creator Blatt, Harvey
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011.
Descriptionxiv, 367 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Water: no cholesterol, fat free, zero sugar -- Infrastructure: pipes, wires, roads, bridges, railroads, dams, airports, and levees -- Floods: when the levees break -- Garbage: trash talk -- Soil, crops, and food: dirt and nutrition -- Fossil fuels: energy from the past -- Alternative energy sources: energy for the future -- The nuclear energy controversy: radiation for everyone -- Climate change: what have we done? -- Air pollution: lung disease -- Conclusion: is there hope?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010026307
ISBN9780262515917 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0262515911 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780262015110 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0262015110 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks GE150 .B58 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold