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Picking up from the original volume published by Greenwood in 1999, this second edition has 23 additional primary documents in a section spanning 2000–10, covering, e.g., LEED Certification, Oakland's Zero Waste Resolution, Mark Bittman on the American diet, and President Obama on ocean stewardship policy. Focusing yet again on the United States, the volume features a larger and more attractive format with a document selection that remains eclectic: public documents, court cases, opinion pieces, and literary pieces are included in an attempt to cover this broad subject...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Gr 8 Up—Helpfully annotated primary-source documents in chapters from "Foundations of American Environmental Thought and Action" to "Challenges for the Twenty-First Century" are the mainstay of this update and expansion of the 1999 edition. Entries include excerpts from "Christopher Columbus Inventories the New World's Natural Resources (1493)," "Rebecca ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More