Key Environmental Laws
Earth is presently our only home, and we must care for it with that thought in mind. How has the U.S. government protected our environment so that people can live and work safely in an always-changing world? From Earth Day to a possible Green New Deal, this book will take a look at the laws enacted to protect our water, land, and air. The Wilderness Act and the Endangered Species Act changed how we approach and maintain our land and its wildlife; carbon taxes and climate change may alter it further.
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Key Environmental Laws
Earth is presently our only home, and we must care for it with that thought in mind. How has the U.S. government protected our environment so that people can live and work safely in an always-changing world? From Earth Day to a possible Green New Deal, this book will take a look at the laws enacted to protect our water, land, and air. The Wilderness Act and the Endangered Species Act changed how we approach and maintain our land and its wildlife; carbon taxes and climate change may alter it further.
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Key Environmental Laws

Key Environmental Laws

by Avery Elizabeth Hurt
Key Environmental Laws

Key Environmental Laws

by Avery Elizabeth Hurt

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Overview

Earth is presently our only home, and we must care for it with that thought in mind. How has the U.S. government protected our environment so that people can live and work safely in an always-changing world? From Earth Day to a possible Green New Deal, this book will take a look at the laws enacted to protect our water, land, and air. The Wilderness Act and the Endangered Species Act changed how we approach and maintain our land and its wildlife; carbon taxes and climate change may alter it further.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781502655240
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Publication date: 12/30/2019
Series: Laws That Changed History Series
Pages: 80
Product dimensions: 6.50(w) x 9.12(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range: 12 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 4

Chapter 1 Burning Rivers and Raging Citizens 7

Chapter 2 Spacious Skies and Shining Seas 17

Chapter 3 What Shall We Do with All This Poison? 28

Chapter 4 Where Man Is a Visitor 39

Chapter 5 It's Getting Hot in Here 50

Chapter 6 Two Steps Forward, One Step Back 60

Chronology 69

Chapter Notes 71

Glossary 76

Further Reading 77

Index 78

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