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Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1: Pollution Levels Are Deadly -- 2: Pollution Levels Have Decreased Dramatically -- 3: Existing Coal Technology Causes Serious Air Pollution -- 4: The United States Should Not Rely on the Promise of Clean Coal -- 5: The EPA's Endangerment Rulingon Greenhouse Gas Emissions Is Necessary -- 6: The EPA's Endangerment Ruling Will Hurt the Economy -- 7: Solar Energy Is Valuable but Not Pollution Free -- 8: Ethanol Production Increases Air Pollution -- 9: Electronic Waste Leads to Dangerous Pollution -- 10: Eating Meat Causes Pollution -- 11: New Regulations Are Needed to Reduce Water Pollution -- 12: Federal Regulations Go Too Far in Regulating Water Quality -- 13: Federal Air Pollution Regulations Are Excessive -- 14: Fighting Pollution Is a Moral Responsibility -- Appendix -- What You Should Know About Pollution -- What You Should Do About Pollution -- Organizations to Contact -- Bibliography -- Index -- Picture Credits -- Back Cover

Written in British English, Did you know that each year more than 5 million people die from diseases caused by drinking polluted water? Our modern lifestyle is producing more and more waste and air pollution that is changing the climate. This book looks at the causes of pollution and the dangers of continuing to produce, consume, and dispose of products the way we do. It examines the efforts individuals and governments are taking to reduce pollution and find more sustainable ways of living

This volume explores topics relating to environmental pollution by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise these issues. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking and reading skills that are essential in a culture of diverse and contradictory opinions

Introduction : Pollution : air, soil, water, body, and spirit / Gloria Davies and Luigi Tomba - Forum : grandeur - The road to rejuvenation : the animated Xi Jinping / Nick Stember - Where there's smoke / Aiden Xia - Tu Youyou awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine / Lucille Liu - Water : under the dome / Jane Golley - Forum : the well - Don't touch the water! Pollution and the future of Chinese agriculture / Luigi Tomba - The stock market crash ; Li Ka-Shing moves investments out of China / Lorand Laskai - Internationalisation of the RMB / Jip Bouman - Earth : the fog of law / Susan Trevaskes and Elisa Nesossi - Forum : pulling apart - Pollution migrates to the West / Wu Qiriletu - Wood : intellectual hygiene/mens sana / Gloria Davies - Forum : nourishment - Culture : cleaning up / Linda Jaivin - A new cultural ecology? / Olivier Krischer - Wood : the crystal-clear waters of the Chinese internet / Jeremy Goldkorn and Lorand Laskai - Forum : ascent - The expansion of the United Front under Xi Jinping / Gerry Groot - Fire : the city that ate China : restructuring & reviving Beijing / Carolyn Cartier - Forum : the abyss - Tianjin explosions / Aiden Xia - The Yangtze River cruise incident / Xiaonan Wang - Metal : belt tightening / Rebecca Fabrizi - Forum : resolution - One belt one road : international development finance with Chinese characteristics / David Murphy - Purifying the body politic in Taiwan / Mark Harrison.

Pollution is a very real problem. It's in the air, the water, on land-and even in outer space. Acid rain caused by pollution is killing trees and poisoning bodies of water. Oil spills threaten animal habitats all over the world. The Pacific Ocean has a garbage pile in it the size of Texas! Through content that supports the science curriculum, readers learn the many problems pollution causes. Full-color photographs and informative sidebars show them the urgency of the problem while they discover ways they can help reduce-and stop-pollution

We develop a two–country model of foreign aid and cross–border pollution resulting from production activities in the recipient country. There is both private and public abatement of pollution, the latter being financed through emissions tax revenue and foreign aid. We characterize a Nash equilibrium in which the donor country chooses the amount of aid and the recipient chooses the fraction of aid allocated to pollution abatement and the emission tax rate. At this equilibrium, an increase in the donor's perceived rate of cross–border pollution reduces emission levels. JEL Classification: Q28, F35, H41 Est–ce que la pollution trans–frontière peut réduire le niveau de pollution? Les auteurs développent un modèle à deux pays d'aide à l'étranger et de pollution trans–frontière résultant d'activités de production dans le pays qui reçoit l'aide. Il existe des efforts privés et publics pour réduire la pollution, ces derniers étant financés par les rentrées fiscales d'une taxe sur la pollution et par l'aide étrangère. On définit un équilibre à la Nash pour lequel le pays donateur choisit le montant de l'aide, et le pays récipiendaire choisit la fraction de l'aide étrangère qu'il allouera à la lutte à la pollution ainsi que le taux de taxation sur la pollution. A cet équilibre, un accroissement dans le taux de pollution trans–frontière perçu par le donataire réduit le taux de pollution.

Intro -- INDOOR POLLUTION: TYPES, RISKS, AND FEDERAL POLICIES -- INDOOR POLLUTION: TYPES, RISKS, AND FEDERAL POLICIES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 FEDERAL PROGRAMS RELATED TO INDOOR POLLUTION BY CHEMICALS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- INDOOR POLLUTANTS AND HEALTH CONCERNS -- Combustion Byproducts -- Radon Gas -- Asbestos -- Lead -- Formaldehyde, PCBs, and other Industrial Chemicals -- Pesticides -- FEDERAL AUTHORITIES AND PROGRAMS -- Environmental Protection Agency -- Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) -- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) -- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) -- Radon Gas and Indoor Air Quality Research Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 note) -- Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f-300j-25) -- Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) -- Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136-136y) -- Atomic Energy Act (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) -- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry -- Consumer Product Safety Commission -- Department of Defense -- Department of Energy -- Energy Conservation and Production Act (ECPA, 42 U.S.C. 6801 et seq.) -- Cleanup of Environmental Contamination -- DOE Research and Development -- Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) -- General Services Administration -- Department of Housing and Urban Development -- Occupational Safety and Health Administration -- Office of the Federal Environmental Executive -- Other Federal Agencies and the Interagency Committee on Indoor Air Quality -- Department of Transportation -- Department of Homeland Security -- Access Board -- Tennessee Valley Authority -- Architect of the Capitol -- Department of Commerce -- Department of Agriculture -- Committee on Indoor Air Quality -- State and Local Programs -- ISSUES