Environmental
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The Sacred Depths of Nature
$23.99 Add to cartFor many of us, the great scientific discoveries of the modern age–the Big Bang, evolution, quantum physics, relativity–point to an existence that is bleak, devoid of meaning, pointless. But in The … [more below]
- Author: Goodenough, Ursula
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 15 2000
- ISBN10: 0195136292
- Language: English
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The Plastics Paradox: Facts for a Brighter Future
$69.95 Add to cartThe Plastics Paradox is the first and only book to reveal the truth about plastics and the environment. Based on over 400 scientific articles, it dispels the myths that the public believe today.
We are
- Author: Dearmitt, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 188
- Publish Date: March 06 2020
- ISBN10: 0997849967
- Language: English
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What Are Animal Rights For?
$13.95 Add to cartHow should we treat animals? The long-held belief that other animals exist solely for human use has undergone radical challenge in the past half century. How much further do we need to go to minimize,… [more below]
- Series: What Is It For?
- Author: Cooke, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1529228417
- Language: English
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Material Value: More Sustainable, Less Wasteful Manufacturing of Everything from Cell Phones to Cleaning Products
$18.99 Add to cartCreative Solutions from Smart Businesses
Are you concerned about plastic waste and its effect on public health and the environment? You’re not alone.
Read Material Value to learn about the challenges fa
- Author: Goldstein, Julia L. F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 22 2019
- ISBN10: 099959561X
- Language: English
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Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles
$19.99 Add to cartThe author of Last Train to Paradise tells the story of the largest public water project ever created–William Mulholland’s Los Angeles aqueduct–a story of Gilded Age ambition, hubris, greed, and one
- Author: Standiford, Les
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0062251457
- Language: English
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Public Waters: Lessons from Wyoming for the American West
$29.95 Add to cartWinner of the 2022 Spur Award for Best First Nonfiction Book from Western Writers of America
Wyoming’s colorful story of water management illuminates the powerful forces that impact water use in the ru- Author: MacKinnon, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0826362419
- Language: English
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Environmental Law: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartEnvironmental law is the law concerned with environmental problems. It is a vast area of law that operates from the local to the global, involving a range of different legal and regulatory techniques…. [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Fisher, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0198794185
- Language: English
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Flying Green: On the Frontiers of New Aviation
$16.00 Read moreCan flying be green?
Everyone loves to travel, and the industry’s room for growth seems almost limitless-except that flying will soon be responsible for 19 percent of global emissions. Some people ha
- Author: de Bellaigue, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 111
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1735913782
- Language: English
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Volt Rush: The Winners and Losers in the Race to Go Green
$18.95 Read moreIn the twentieth century, wealth and power was dictated by access to oil. This century will have different kingmakers, perhaps different wars.
‘A remarkably hopeful and useful book…The climate crisi- Author: Sanderson, Henry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 0861546199
- Language: English
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Carbon Capture
$16.95 Read moreA concise overview of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS), a promising but overlooked climate change mitigation pathway.
The burning of fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide (CO2), and these CO2 em
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Herzog, Howard J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: September 11 2018
- ISBN10: 0262535750
- Language: English
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Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don’t Know You Have
$19.99 Add to cart*First Place Winner of the Society of Environmental Journalists’ Rachel Carson Environment Book Award*
From a former New York Times science writer, this urgent call to action–updated for paperback wi- Author: Schlossberg, Tatiana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 29 2022
- ISBN10: 1538747073
- Language: English
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Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer’s Twenty-Year Battle Against DuPont
$19.99 Add to cart“For Erin Brockovich fans, a David vs. Goliath tale with a twist” (The New York Times Book Review)—the incredible true story of the lawyer who spent two decades building a case against DuPont for its… [more below]
- Author: Bilott, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 14 2020
- ISBN10: 1501172824
- Language: English
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The Green Amendment: The People’s Fight for a Clean, Safe, and Healthy Environment
$23.32 Add to cartA veteran environmentalist shares her roadmap to a healthier world–one that uses the law to empower activists and provide hope for communities everywhere.
We have reached a critical tipping point in
- Author: Van Rossum, Maya K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 365
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1633310647
- Language: English
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The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness
$19.00 Add to cartAn Architectural Record Notable Book
Modern humans are an indoor species. We spend 90 percent of our time inside, shuttling between h
A fascinating, thought-provoking journey into our built environment- Author: Anthes, Emily
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1250798817
- Language: English
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Caesar’s Last Breath: And Other True Tales of History, Science, and the Sextillions of Molecules in the Air Around Us
$19.99 Add to cartThe Guardian‘s Best Science Book of 2017: the fascinating science and history of the air we breathe.
It’s invisible. It’s ever-present. Without it, you would die in minutes. And it has an epic story- Author: Kean, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 12 2018
- ISBN10: 0316381659
- Language: English
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The Chemical Age: How Chemists Fought Famine and Disease, Killed Millions, and Changed Our Relationship with the Earth
$20.00 Add to cartA dynamic and sweeping history that exposes how humankind’s affinity for pesticides made the modern world possible–while also threatening its essential fabric.
For thousands of years, we’ve found wa- Author: Von Hippel, Frank A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0226829561
- Language: English
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Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City
$24.00 Add to cart“Meticulous . . . [Nagle’s] passion for the subject really comes to life.” —The New York Times
New York City produces more than twelve thousand tons of household trash and recyclables a day. As quick- Author: Nagle, Robin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 18 2014
- ISBN10: 0374534276
- Language: English
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Pandora’s Toolbox: The Hopes and Hazards of Climate Intervention
$23.99 Add to cartReaching net zero emissions will not be the end of the climate struggle, but only the end of the beginning. For centuries thereafter, temperatures will remain elevated; climate damages will continue t… [more below]
- Author: Smith, Wake
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 422
- Publish Date: March 24 2022
- ISBN10: 1316518434
- Language: English
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Fashionopolis: Why What We Wear Matters
$19.00 Add to cart*NYTBR Paperback Row Selection * The Independent‘s Best Fashion Book on Sustainability * Ralph Nader’s Top Ten of the Year*
An investigation into the damage wrought by the colossal clothing industry a- Author: Thomas, Dana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 08 2020
- ISBN10: 073522403X
- Language: English
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Hold It! The Case for Hard Thinking, Honesty and Humility when Assessing Environmental Health Risks
$19.95 Add to cartHistory shows popular beliefs about environmental hazards and health risks-whether alarmist or dismissive-are often wrong. Leaded paint never protected human health. Acid mine drainage never protected
- Author: Duckett, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1949267814
- Language: English
