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Ethics and Public Policy: Contemporary Issues

by Andrew Bradstock, David Eng & Jonathan Boston

Exploring the ethical frameworks and principles upon which governments can and should base their policies, this study draws on papers from the 2009 Ethical Foundations of Public Policy conference held in Wellington,...


Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action

by David Spratt & Philip Sutton

Revealing extensive scientific evidence that the global warming crisis is far worse than officially indicated, this meticulously documented call-to-action argues that the planet is almost at the point of no...


Lifeboat Cities: Making a New World

by Brendan Gleeson

Hopeful and provocative, this account considers the principle social and ecological threats facing Australia and outlines the ways in which these crises need to be confronted and addressed. Taking a radical...


How to Live a Low-Carbon Life: The Individual's Guide to Tackling Climate Change

by Chris Goodall

Drastic reduction of carbon emissions is vital if we are to avoid a catastrophe that devastates large parts of the world. Governments and businesses have been slow to act - individuals need to take the lead...


Climate Policy Changes in Germany and Japan: A Path to Paradigmatic Policy Change

by Rie Watanabe

Climate Policy Changes in Germany and Japan compares two decades of climate policy development in Germany and Japan. It examines whether there is any difference between the types and levels of policy change...


Emissions Trading and Competitiveness: "Allocations, Incentives and Industrial Competitiveness under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme"

by Michael Grubb

Complying with the forthcoming tightening of CO2 emission allocations in the EU may mean big bills for the industries affected. In this special issue of Climate Policy journal, leading experts examine the impacts...


State of the World 2009: Confronting Climate Change

by Worldwatch Institute

The year 2009 will be pivotal for Earth's climate. As scientists warn that we have only a few years to reverse the rise in greenhouse gas emissions if we are to avoid abrupt and catastrophic climate change,...


The Climate Diet: "How You Can Cut Carbon, Cut Costs, and Save the Planet"

by Jonathan Harrington

The atmosphere is getting fat on our carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions and it needs our help. We live in a world of excess, consuming too much of everything-food, clothes, cars, toys, shoes, bricks,...


The Handbook of Disaster and Emergency Policies and Institutions

by Stephen Dovers & John Handmer

Disasters both natural and human-induced are leading to spiralling costs in terms of human lives, lost livelihoods and damaged assets and businesses. Yet these consequences and the financial and human crises...


How the Government Got in Your Backyard: Superweeds, Frankenfoods, Lawn Wars, and the (Nonpartisan) Truth about Environmental Policies

by Jeff Gillman & Eric Heberlig

Biotechnology - the future or a genetic time bomb? Renewable fuels - the key to cleaner air or just corporate welfare? Greenhouse gasses - baking the earth to death or just a needless worry? Plant patents -...


Uproot U.S. Healthcare, 2nd Expanded Edition

by Deane Waldman

The Second Edition of "Uproot U.S. Healthcare" contains all the original text plus... extras. The book takes a combined medical and management approach to sick healthcare. At the request of several Universities,...


Reckless: The Political Assault on the American Environment

by Bob Deans & Robert Redford

In a single calendar year, the Republican House voted an astonishing 191 times to weaken, block ,or delay needed measures that defend our air, water, wildlife and lands. This enhanced e-book with nine videos...


Building Better Policies

by Gladys López-Acevedo & Philipp Krause

Governments around the world face ongoing pressures from citizens to provide more and better services, and to do this while restraining taxation levels. This provides the context for government efforts to ensure...


The Unheavenly Chorus: Unequal Political Voice and the Broken Promise of American Democracy

by Kay Lehman Schlozman, Sidney Verba & Henry E. Brady

Politically active individuals and organizations make huge investments of time, energy, and money to influence everything from election outcomes to congressional subcommittee hearings to local school politics,...


The Iraq Study Group Report

by James A. Iii Baker, Lee H. Hamilton & The Iraq Study Group

On March 15, 2006, members from both parties in Congress supported the creation of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group to review the situation on the ground and propose strategies for the way forward. For more than...


The Aids Conspiracy: Science Fights Back

by Nicoli Nattrass

Millions of people across the globe erroneously believe America manufactured the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to be used as a biological weapon. Ironically, the idea grew from a real conspiracy theory...


Useless Arithmetic: Why Environmental Scientists Can't Predict the Future

by Orrin Pilkey & Linda Pilkey-Jarvis

Writing for the general, nonmathematician reader and using examples from throughout the environmental sciences, Orrin Pilkey and Linda Pilkey-Jarvis show how unquestioned faith in mathematical models can blind...


Environmental Law Handbook

by Daniel Steinway, Kevin Ewing & David Case

The 21st edition of this well-known handbook is thoroughly updated with changes to the Clean Air Act and the Oil Pollution Act, a rewritten chapter on the Safe Drinking Water Act, and a brand new chapter on...


The Climate Caper: Facts and Fallacies of Global Warming

by Garth Paltridge

So you think the theory of disastrous climate change has been proven? You believe scientists are united in their efforts to affect a reduction in carbon emissions? You trust that scientists are far too professional...


Humanity on a Tightrope: Thoughts on Empathy, Family, and Big Changes for a Viable Future

by Paul Ehrlich & Robert Ornstein

More than ever, the world finds itself faced with common problems that affect most of the planet's population in some way: climate change, poverty, escalating violence, international conflicts, illness. And...