Toxic Loopholes

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2010-03
ISBN: 9780521143028
定价: 234.90
装帧: 平装
开本: 其他
纸张: 其他
页数: 288页
正文语种: 英语
  • TheEPAwasestablishedtoenforcetheenvironmentallawsCongressenactedduringthe1970s.Yettodaylethaltoxinsstillpermeateourenvironment,causingwidespreadillnessandevendeath.ToxicLoopholesinvestigatestheselaws,andtheagencychargedwiththeirenforcement,toexplainwhytheyhavefailedtoarrestthenation'srisingenvironmentalcrimewaveandcleanupthecountry'sland,airandwater.Thisbookillustrateshowweaklaws,legalloopholesandregulatorynegligenceharmeverydaypeoplestrugglingtocleanuptheircommunities.Itdemonstratesthatourcurrentsystemofenvironmentalprotectionpacifiesthepublicwithafalsesenseofsecurity,dampensenvironmentalactivism,anderectslegalbarricadesandbureaucraticbarrierstoshieldpowerfulpollutersfromthewrathoftheirvictims.Afterexaminingthecorrosiveeconomicandpoliticalforcesunderminingenvironmentallawmakingandenforcement,thefinalchaptersassessthepotentialforrealimprovementandthepossibilityofbuildingcooperativeinternationalagreementstoconfronttherisingtideofecologicalperilsthreateningtheentireplanet. DrCraigCollinshasauthoredarticlesonclimatenegotiationsforAMBIOandtheClintonadministration'senvironmentalpoliciesforMotherJones.AfterteachingatSonomaStateUniversityandtheUniversityofCalifornia,Davisintheearly1990s,hebec
  • 内容简介:
    TheEPAwasestablishedtoenforcetheenvironmentallawsCongressenactedduringthe1970s.Yettodaylethaltoxinsstillpermeateourenvironment,causingwidespreadillnessandevendeath.ToxicLoopholesinvestigatestheselaws,andtheagencychargedwiththeirenforcement,toexplainwhytheyhavefailedtoarrestthenation'srisingenvironmentalcrimewaveandcleanupthecountry'sland,airandwater.Thisbookillustrateshowweaklaws,legalloopholesandregulatorynegligenceharmeverydaypeoplestrugglingtocleanuptheircommunities.Itdemonstratesthatourcurrentsystemofenvironmentalprotectionpacifiesthepublicwithafalsesenseofsecurity,dampensenvironmentalactivism,anderectslegalbarricadesandbureaucraticbarrierstoshieldpowerfulpollutersfromthewrathoftheirvictims.Afterexaminingthecorrosiveeconomicandpoliticalforcesunderminingenvironmentallawmakingandenforcement,thefinalchaptersassessthepotentialforrealimprovementandthepossibilityofbuildingcooperativeinternationalagreementstoconfronttherisingtideofecologicalperilsthreateningtheentireplanet.
  • 作者简介:
    DrCraigCollinshasauthoredarticlesonclimatenegotiationsforAMBIOandtheClintonadministration'senvironmentalpoliciesforMotherJones.AfterteachingatSonomaStateUniversityandtheUniversityofCalifornia,Davisintheearly1990s,hebec
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