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December 2004
6 x 9, 293 pp., 48 illus.
$35.00/£25.95 (CLOTH)
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ISBN-10:
0-262-02572-8
ISBN-13:
978-0-262-02572-0

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Prefacevii
Introduction
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1.Water: Is There Enough and Is It Drinkable?
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2.Floods: Too Much Water33
3.Garbage: The Smelly Mountain51
4.Soil, Crops, and Food71
5.Energy Supplies95
6.Global Warming: The Climate Is Changing127
7.Air Pollution and Your Lungs155
8.Skin Cancer and the Ozone Hole177
9.Nuclear-Waste Disposal: Not in My Backyard195
10.Conclusion219
Appendix A: Sustainable Energy Coalition239
Notes247
Additional Readings261
Index
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