environmental aspects

Examines the environmental and social consequences of the 2010 BP oil spill from the perspective of those directly affected by it.

Discusses the environmental and human health problems caused by factory farms within the livestock industry and reveals the impact of animal farms--concentrated animal feeding operations for pigs, dairy cattle, and chickens--on three families and communities.

Reveals the hidden environmental consequences of what societies make and buy, and how that knowledge can drive the changes necessary to save the planet.

Explains how the human race's transition from hunter-gatherers to farming enabled the modern world while setting the groundwork for over-population, religious fundamentalism, and pandemic disease.

An activist and adventurer makes predictions about imminent environmental dangers associated with the 2041 expiration of an international treaty protecting Antarctica and discusses what can be done to prevent specific problems.

Examines the important issue of population growth and how it has global significance in this anthology of essays. Includes sidebars and world maps.

Collects sixteen essays that provide varying perspectives on issues related to nuclear power, debating if it is a green energy source, its danger, and if it can be used for terrorism.

Describes the plight of of the people who oppose mountaintop removal mining in the Appalachian Mountains, and examines the physical destruction of the land, and how it also affects the local cultures and societies.