| Main Title |
Saving our environment from Washington : how Congress grabs power, shirks responsibility, and shortchanges the people / |
| Author |
Schoenbrod, David.
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| Publisher |
Yale University Press, |
| Year Published |
2005 |
| OCLC Number |
56895286 |
| ISBN |
0300106211 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780300106213 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Subjects |
Environmental policy--United States ;
Science and state--United States ;
Umweltpolitik ;
Parlamentarische Kontrolle ;
USA
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| Additional Subjects |
United States--Congress--Powers and duties
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| Internet Access |
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EJEM |
GE180.S374 2005 |
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OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC |
10/28/2005 |
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| Collation |
x, 296 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents Notes |
Introduction: then and now -- Coming to the environmental movement -- Congress does its thing -- Leaving the lead in -- Failure and success in cleaning the air -- Growing power -- The EPA today -- What's science got to do with it? -- Lois Swirsky Gold, chemicals, and cancer -- Angus Macbeth and the Hudson River -- Precaution and policy -- Coming down to earth -- A government of the people -- Home rule -- Vicki Been and environmental justice -- Legislative responsibility -- The rights of citizens -- The boon of liberty -- The appeal of law -- The joy of doing -- Conclusion: spaceship earth without a captain. |
