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Tables of Contents for Taking Sides
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
PART 1 GENERAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES
1
126
Should a Price Be Put on the Goods and Services Provided by the World's Ecosystems?
2
18
Does Wilderness Have Intrinsic Value?
20
22
Is the U.S. Endangered Species Act Fundamentally Sound?
42
12
Should Environmental Policy Be Redesigned to Cure Environmental Racism?
54
22
Is Limiting Population Growth a Key Factor in Protecting the Global Environment?
76
18
Does Environmental Regulation Unnecessarily Limit Private Property Rights?
94
16
Will Pollution Rights Trading Effectively Control Environmental Problems?
110
17
PART 2 THE ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
127
76
Is Biotechnology an Environmentally Sound Way to Increase Food Production?
128
16
Do Environmental Hormone Mimics Pose a Potentially Serious Health Threat?
144
16
Is the Environmental Protection Agency's Decision to Tighten Air Quality Standards for Ozone and Particulates Justified?
160
22
Should Pollution Prevention and Reduction Be a Focus of Agricultural Policy?
182
21
PART 3 DISPOSING OF WASTES
203
54
Hazardous Waste: Should the ``Polluter Pays'' Provision of Superfund Be Weakened?
204
18
Municipal Waste: Is Recycling an Environmentally and Economically Sound Waste Management Strategy?
222
16
Nuclear Waste: Should the United States Continue to Focus Plans for Permanent Nuclear Waste Disposal Exclusively at Yucca Mountain?
238
19
PART 4 THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE FUTURE
257
1
Will Voluntary Action by Industry Reduce the Need for Future Environmental Regulation?
258
18
Do the Projected Consequences of Ozone Depletion Justify Phasing Out Chlorofluorocarbons?
276
18
Are Aggressive International Efforts Needed to Slow Global Warming?
294
14
Are Major Changes Needed to Avert a Global Environmental Crisis?
318