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Environmental Politics

1. Climate Matters: Ethics in a Warming World

   John Broome

   A vital new moral perspective on the climate change debate.More

2. The Earth Policy Reader

   Lester R. Brown, Janet Larsen, Bernie Fischlowitz-Roberts, Et Al.

   Award-winning environmental analyst Lester R. Brown and his colleagues chart progress in building the eco-economy, an economy that is compatible with the earth's ecosystem.More

3. Eco-Economy

   Lester R. Brown

   "One of the world's most influential thinkers."—Washington PostMore

4. Economics of the Environment: Selected Readings

   Robert N. Stavins

   Sixth Edition

   The seminal articles in Environmental Economics collected under one roof!More

5. Energy for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines

   Richard A. Muller

   The author of Physics for Future Presidents returns to educate all of us on the most crucial conundrum facing the nation: energy.More

6. Fighting for Survival: Environmental Decline, Social Conflict, and the New Age of Insecurity

   Michael Renner

   This new book from the Worldwatch Institute sketches the shape of a new balance in security investments--one that de-emphasizes military means and territorial security and accentuates the environmental aspects of security.More

7. From Here to Infinity: A Vision for the Future of Science

   Martin Rees

   One of our greatest scientific minds reflect on the role of science in the twenty-first century.More

8. Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity

   Lester R. Brown

   With food supplies tightening, countries are competing for the land and water resources needed to feed their people.More

9. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

   Jared Diamond

   Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.More

10. How Many People Can the Earth Support

    Joel E. Cohen

    A compelling new analysis of world population issues and what the numbers tell us. . . .More

11. How Much Is Enough?: The Consumer Society and the Future of the Earth

    Alan Durning

    An account of the detrimental effects of consumption and consumer behaviour on the world's natural environment.More

12. If You Love This Planet: A Plan to Save the Earth

    Helen Caldicott

    Revised and updated

    “Helen Caldicott has the rare ability to combine science with passion, logic with love, and urgency with humor.” —Naomi KleinMore

13. Life Out of Bounds: Bioinvasion in a Borderless World

    Chris Bright

    The first general-interest study of the global spread of alien, "exotic" organisms and how they are undermining the world's ecosystems and societies.More

14. Nuclear Madness: What You Can Do

    Helen Caldicott

    "As a physician, I contend that nuclear technology threatens life on our planet with extinction. If present trends continue, the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the water we drink will soon be contaminated with enough radioactive pollutants to pose a potential health hazard far greater than any plague humanity has ever experienced."--Helen CaldicottMore

15. Nuclear Power: Both Sides: The Best Arguments For and Against the Most Controversial Technology

    Michio Kaku, Jennifer Trainer

    "A guide for the perplexed citizen that provides cogent arguments from both sides of this complex issue."—Science NewsMore