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  • Environmental Change and Food Security in China

    by Jerry McBeath, Jenifer Huang McBeath ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Abstract This chapter defines food security as the condition reached when a nation’s population has access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet its dietary needs and food preferences. It stresses China’s importance to global food security because of its population size. The chapter introduces the contents of the volume and then treats briefly food security in ancient and dynastic (211 ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Energy Resources

    Examining the Facts

    by Jerry A. McBeath ...
    Series series Contemporary Debates
    An authoritative, comprehensive overview of economic, political, and environmental drivers of America's energy picture, from trends in the production and consumption of fossil fuels and renewables to the state of the national energy grid.Energy Resources: Examining the Facts is part of a series that uses evidence-based documentation to examine the veracity of claims and beliefs about high-profile ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Big Oil in the United States

    Industry Influence on Institutions, Policy, and Politics

    by Jerry A. McBeath ...
    This book explains how and why large oil-producing corporations have affected government institutions, energy policy, and politics in the United States—and suggests how their influence can be reduced.Big oil is the leading factor in U.S. energy politics today; the largest oil-producing companies also constitute a formidable force and interest group in American politics. This book examines why oil ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Education Reform in the American States

    by Jerry McBeath, Maria Elena Reyes, Mary F. Ehrlander ...
    Education Reform in the American States is a timely evaluation of the accountability movement in American public education, culminating in the No Child Left Behind Act, federal legislation of 2002. The authors treat the current accountability movement, placing it in historical context and addressing the evolution in public education policymaking from the overwhelming emphasis on state and local ... Read more

    $50.09 USD

  • The Roads to Congress 2014

    by Sean D. Foreman, Jeffrey S. Ashley, Margaret Banyan, Peter Bergerson, William Binning, Melanie Blumberg, Joseph P. Caiazzo, Kimberly L. Casey, William Curtis Ellis0, Joseph Gershtenson1, Bryan T. Gervais2, Richard Gelm3, Marcia L. Godwin4, William K. Hall5, Jeffrey Kraus6, Christina Ladam7, Tom Lansford8, Laura Loomer9, Jerry McBeath0, Jillian McClain1, Kyle D. McEvilly2, William J. Miller Jr.3, David Romero4, Josh M. Ryan5, Carl Shepro6, Daniel E. Smith7, Anand Edward Sohkey8, Joshua Stockley9, Walter Clark Wilson0, Joseph Zamadics1, Douglas M. Brattebo3 ...
    The 2014 midterm congressional elections provided a view of the attitude of American voters in the sixth year of Barack Obama’s presidency. This book provides insight about the formative aspects of the 2014 campaign season as well as in depth coverage of key races for Congress. The first section has four chapters that cover the substance of topics that impacted this campaign cycle: the popularity ... Read more

    $129.59 USD

  • The Roads to Congress 2010

    by Sean D. Foreman, Robert Dewhirst, Sunil Ahuja, E Scott Adler, Margaret Banyan, Peter Bergerson, William Binning, Kevin Buterbaugh, Marcia L. Godwin, William K. Hall, Jeffrey Kraus, Tom Lansford, Jerry McBeath, Bob N. Roberts, Josh M. Ryan, Carl Shepro, Daniel E. Smith, Anand Edward Sohkey, Joshua Whitney, Jeffrey S. Ashley ...
    The 2010 Midterm Elections were momentous in the history of U.S. campaigns. Readers of this book will follow the path of seven House and six Senate races from inception to election postmortem. The chapters are both narrative and provide analysis of an array of interesting and diverse contests from throughout the country. Each entry was written by one or more experts living in the state or region ... Read more

    $109.39 USD

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    What Happens to Us When It Bursts

    by Jeff Rubin ...
    As the price of oil falls, bestselling author and economist Jeff Rubin takes us to the epicentre of the bursting global carbon bubble, and dares us to imagine a new engine for growth that does not run on oil.For a decade, the vision of Canada's future as an energy superpower has driven the country's political agenda, as well as the fast-paced development of Alberta's oil sands and the push for ... Read more

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  • Sun Rise

    Suncor, the Oil Sands and the Future of Energy

    by John Lawrence Reynolds, Richard George ...
    Over its twenty years with president and CEO Rick George at the helm, Suncor Energy went from being Canada’s “unluckiest oil company” to a stock market darling and the second-largest publicly traded corporation in the country. Both a contrarian and an optimist, George often made multibillion-dollar moves despite deep skepticism within the industry. His $2.8-billion expansion into the oil sands ... Read more

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  • Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution

    by Bernie Sanders ...
    The independent congressman, presidential candidate, and activist shows young voters how to effect change in America—and the world.Throughout the Presidential campaign, Senator Bernie Sanders promised voters a future to believe in through his progressive platform and a vision for America worth fighting for. This vision calls for an economic, environmental, health care, and social justice ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Overheated

    How Capitalism Broke the Planet--And How We Fight Back

    by Kate Aronoff ...
    This damning account of the forces that have hijacked progress on climate change shares a bold vision of what it will take, politically and economically, to face the existential threat of global warming head-on.In the past few years, it has become impossible (for most) to deny the effects of climate change and that the planet is warming, and to acknowledge that we must act. But a new kind of ... Read more

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  • Green Hell

    How Environmentalists Plan to Control Your Life and What You Can Do to Stop Them

    by Steven Milloy ...
    Everywhere you look, all you see is green. People are "living green," businesses are "going green," and consumers are "buying green." But soon, this trendy "green" lifestyle won't be voluntary-it will be mandatory. ... Read more

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  • Power Grab

    How Obama's Green Policies Will Steal Your Freedom and Bankrupt America

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    Best-selling author Christopher Horner shows how President Obama wants to take critical decisions about energy and the environment out of your hands and make you, your children, and grandchildren pay for it. ... Read more

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