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  • Philosophy of Ecology

    by Kevin de Laplante, Kent Peacock, Bryson Brown, John Woods, Dov M. Gabbay, Paul Thagard ...
    Series Book 11 - Handbook of the Philosophy of Science
    The most pressing problems facing humanity today — over-population, energy shortages, climate change, soil erosion, species extinctions, the risk of epidemic disease, the threat of warfare that could destroy all the hard-won gains of civilization, and even the recent fibrillations of the stock market — are all ecological or have a large ecological component. in this volume philosophers turn their ... Read more

    $188.99 USD

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  • Future Arctic

    Field Notes from a World on the Edge

    by Edward Struzik ...
    In one hundred years, or even fifty, the Arctic will look dramatically different than it does today. As polar ice retreats and animals and plants migrate northward, the arctic landscape is morphing into something new and very different from what it once was. While these changes may seem remote, they will have a profound impact on a host of global issues, from international politics to animal ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Thermophobia

    Shining a Light, #3

    by Rod Martin, Jr ...
    Series Book 3 - Shining a Light
    Top 25 Weather BestsellerThermophobia means "fear of warmth."Did you know that Global Warming made civilization possible 12,000 years ago? What were the benefits back then? What changed?We live in an Ice Age and governments want to cool down the planet. That could trigger the next glacial period, and Ice Age glacials are brutal. They make the 1998 Great Ice Storm, and 1816 Year Without a Summer, ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Earth Governance

    Trusteeship of the Global Commons

    by Klaus Bosselmann ...
    Series series New Horizons in Environmental and Energy Law series
    The predicament of uncontrolled growth in a finite world puts the global commons - such as oceans, atmosphere, and biosphere - at risk. So far, states have not found the means to protect what, essentially, is outside their jurisdiction. However, the jurisprudence of international law has matured to a point that makes global governance beyond state-negotiated compromises both possible and desirable ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • The 100 Day Action Plan to Save the Planet

    A Climate Crisis Solution for the 44th President

    by William S. Becker ...
    When the 44th President of the United States is elected, he will face urgent crises on three major fronts: the American economy, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the growing threat to the world environment caused by climate change.This short, powerful book shows the way forward: a clear action plan for the new President's first 100 days, that if implemented will set America on course for ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pulp Friction in Tasmania: A Review of the Environmental Assessment of Gunns' Proposed Pulp Mill

    by Fred Gale ...
    This book documents the failure of Gunns Limited, a giant wood chip exporter, to build a massive pulp mill in Tasmania, Australia. A dramatic lesson in corporate social irresponsibility, the book highlights how government-industry collusion led to serious deficiencies in the environmental assessment process, which generated a massive and so far successful campaign against the mill. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Practical Environmental Ethics

    by A. Pablo Iannone ...
    This essential volume for professionals and academics proposes a new approach to environmental ethics and to environmental policymaking in particular. All too frequently, policy makers focus only on what ends should ideally be pursued, ignoring whether the means have any negative unintended consequences. Such approaches tend to have a focus on consequentialist, deontological, virtue-cantered, or ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • The Holy Earth

    The Birth of a New Land Ethic

    by Liberty Hyde Bailey ...
    The agrarian tradition runs as an undercurrent through the entire history of literature, carrying the age–old wisdom that the necessary access of independent farmers to their own land both requires the responsibility of good stewardship and provides the foundation for a thriving civilization. At the turn of the last century, when farming first began to face the most rapid and extensive series of ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Moving People

    Sustainable Transport Development

    by Peter Cox ...
    The local and global environmental impacts of transport are more apparent than ever before. Moving People provides an attention-grabbing introduction to the problems of transport and the development of sustainable alternatives, focusing on the often misunderstood issue of personal mobility, as opposed to freight. Re-assessing the value and importance of non-motorized transport the author raises ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development in China

    Hong Kong in Global Context

    by Paul G. Harris ...
    Drawing on practices and theories of sustainability, Environmental policy and sustainable development in China explores the prospects for achieving environmentally benign economic and social development in China and beyond. Using the Chinese 'world city' of Hong Kong as a backdrop and case study, it introduces major conceptions of sustainability, describes historical and political contexts for ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • National Allocation Plans in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme

    Lessons and Implications for Phase II

    by Michael Grubb, Regina Betz, Karsten Neuhoff ...
    Series series Climate Policy Series
    The EU emissions trading scheme is the largest emissions control scheme in the world, capping almost half of European CO2 emissions. As the scheme emerges from its pilot phase, this special issue of Climate Policy journal analyses the lessons learned from the last two years and their implications for phase II.The volume presents some of the key analyses that helped inform the European Commission's ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • A Redder Shade of Green

    Intersections of Science and Socialism

    by Ian Angus ...
    A socialist response to the looming ecological crisisAs the Anthropocene advances, people across the red-green political spectrum seek to understand and halt our deepening ecological crisis. Environmentalists, scientists, and eco-socialists share concerns about the misuse and overuse of natural resources, but often differ on explanations and solutions. Some blame environmental disasters on ... Read more

    $20.89 USD