An accessible overview of the most important environmental issues facing the United States, with new and updated material. Americans are concerned about the sta

Examines the role of politics in the environmental policy making process. Changing our environmental policy has been at the forefront of many political discussi

Environmental protection is a global issue. But most of the action is happening at the local level. How can communities keep their air clean, their water pure,

What set the United States on the path to developing commercial nuclear energy in the 1950s, and what led to the seeming demise of that industry in the late 197