Today's Environmental Issues: Democrats and Republicans
An accessible and impartial survey of the positions of the Republican and Democratic parties on the most pressing environmental issues of our time, from climate change and wilderness preservation to air and water pollution.

Today's Environmental Issues: Democrats and Republicans presents a unique perspective on party politics—one that impartially identifies similarities and differences regarding an array of topics ranging from fracking, sustainability, and pesticides to logging and noise pollution. Essays provide both historical information and up-to-date coverage of partisan opinions on today's environmental concerns. Written for upper level high school students, undergraduates, and general audiences interested in environmental issues and partisan viewpoints, this book enables readers to better understand the origins, details, differences, and commonalities of partisan opinions surrounding today's environmental concerns.

Each environmental issue is unique with its own set of concerns and impacts, particularly when viewed from a party perspective. By examining a breadth of issues from the party viewpoint, readers can understand how the parties could work together or in opposition, depending on the environmental issue—and that the parties may not always be polar opposites on every issue, a characterization that is often portrayed in the media. Each essay includes a sidebar that presents a quick look at the party line, individuals who have shaped opinion or policy, or key court decisions.

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Today's Environmental Issues: Democrats and Republicans
An accessible and impartial survey of the positions of the Republican and Democratic parties on the most pressing environmental issues of our time, from climate change and wilderness preservation to air and water pollution.

Today's Environmental Issues: Democrats and Republicans presents a unique perspective on party politics—one that impartially identifies similarities and differences regarding an array of topics ranging from fracking, sustainability, and pesticides to logging and noise pollution. Essays provide both historical information and up-to-date coverage of partisan opinions on today's environmental concerns. Written for upper level high school students, undergraduates, and general audiences interested in environmental issues and partisan viewpoints, this book enables readers to better understand the origins, details, differences, and commonalities of partisan opinions surrounding today's environmental concerns.

Each environmental issue is unique with its own set of concerns and impacts, particularly when viewed from a party perspective. By examining a breadth of issues from the party viewpoint, readers can understand how the parties could work together or in opposition, depending on the environmental issue—and that the parties may not always be polar opposites on every issue, a characterization that is often portrayed in the media. Each essay includes a sidebar that presents a quick look at the party line, individuals who have shaped opinion or policy, or key court decisions.

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Today's Environmental Issues: Democrats and Republicans

Today's Environmental Issues: Democrats and Republicans

by Teri J. Walker
Today's Environmental Issues: Democrats and Republicans

Today's Environmental Issues: Democrats and Republicans

by Teri J. Walker

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An accessible and impartial survey of the positions of the Republican and Democratic parties on the most pressing environmental issues of our time, from climate change and wilderness preservation to air and water pollution.

Today's Environmental Issues: Democrats and Republicans presents a unique perspective on party politics—one that impartially identifies similarities and differences regarding an array of topics ranging from fracking, sustainability, and pesticides to logging and noise pollution. Essays provide both historical information and up-to-date coverage of partisan opinions on today's environmental concerns. Written for upper level high school students, undergraduates, and general audiences interested in environmental issues and partisan viewpoints, this book enables readers to better understand the origins, details, differences, and commonalities of partisan opinions surrounding today's environmental concerns.

Each environmental issue is unique with its own set of concerns and impacts, particularly when viewed from a party perspective. By examining a breadth of issues from the party viewpoint, readers can understand how the parties could work together or in opposition, depending on the environmental issue—and that the parties may not always be polar opposites on every issue, a characterization that is often portrayed in the media. Each essay includes a sidebar that presents a quick look at the party line, individuals who have shaped opinion or policy, or key court decisions.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781440847103
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/01/2017
Series: Across the Aisle
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 382
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Teri J. Walker, PhD, is associate professor of political science at Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL.

Table of Contents

Preface: Partisan Environmental Priorities vii

Introduction xix

Climate Change 1

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations 21

Emissions Trading 31

Endangered Species 40

Environmental justice 52

Freshwater Use and Pollution 61

Fuel and Energy Efficiency Standards 74

Genetically Modified Foods 87

Grazing 99

Hazardous Waste Disposal 112

Hydraulic Fracturing ("Fracking") 124

Hydroelectric Energy 135

Indoor Air Pollution 147

Logging on Public Lands 155

Marine Pollution and Protection 170

Mining 182

Motorized Recreation on Public Lands 190

National Parks 201

Noise Pollution 212

Nuclear Waste Disposal 227

Oil and Natural Gas Drilling 237

Outdoor Air Pollution 248

Ozone Depletion 258

Pesticides 267

Public Lands 280

Solar Energy 289

Sustainability 300

Transportation 310

Wetlands 323

Wilderness Conservation 334

Wind Energy 344

Glossary 355

Selected Bibliography 361

Index 363

About the Contributors 379

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