environmental aspects

Presents opposing viewpoints on what effects toxic wastes have on the environment. Includes critical thinking skill activities.

Discusses such aspects of hazardous waste disposal as past accidents, effects on humans and the environment, Environmental Protection Agency guidelines for disposal, and suggestions for the future.

Examines the causes and impact of the syndrome known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), that is responsible for a thirty percent increase in the annual die-off rate of honey bees in the United States. Presents scientific research surrounding the role of imidacloprid, a new insecticide that is widely used in the United States. Discusses how the demise of bees could drastically affect our food supply and the global economy.

Examines the business decisions made by British Petroleum and its then new CEO John Browne, arguing that the Deep Water Horizon disaster was foreseen and avoidable.

Examines the history of domestic life traveling from room to room in a house. For example, the history of hygiene is discussed in the context of a bathroom and the kitchen provides the opportunity to consider topics such as nutrition and food preservation.

Discusses the drawbacks of coal production and usage in the United States and throughout the world, describes three scenarios that play out different choices that respond to the decline in available energy sources, and explains how coal impacts climate change.

Explores how American culture and society have been shaped by allergies, drawing on medical, environmental, and cultural history as well as the fields of science and biology to explore how the country's changing environment from the late nineteenth century to the present have led to an epidemic growth in allergies.

The author explains why he believes efforts to protect Earth's environment are not succeeding, offers a critique of what he sees as a failure of U.S. leadership in the international community, and describes eight steps he believes can lead to a sustainable future.

Presents opposing viewpoints on pollution and its effects on the atmosphere, water, and people of the planet.