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Books - Reference Resources (non-circulating)
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The Columbia Guide to American Environmental
History |
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REF GF501 .M47 2002 |
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Environmentally Induced Disorders Sourcebook: |
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Basic Information About Diseases and Syndromes
Linked to Exposure to Pollutants and Other Substances in Outdoor
and Indoor Environments. Pollutants and substances covered include
lead, asbestos, formaldehyde, mercury, automobile emissions,
radiation, and noise. |
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REF RB152 .E59 1997 |
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Historical Dictionary of North American
Environmentalism |
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REF GE10 .W45 1997 |
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Peterson's Graduate Programs |
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Peterson's Graduate Programs in the Physical
Sciences, Mathematics, Agricultural Sciences, the Environment
and Natural Resources |
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REF L901 .P42 1999 |
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Recycling in America: A Reference Handbook |
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An eletronic reference book that you
can read or browse online. |
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TD7945.5 .S77 1997 EBOOK |
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Rivers of the World: A Social, Geographical
and Environmental Sourcebook |
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Ref GB1201.4 .P46 2001 |
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World at Risk: A Global Issues Sourcebook |
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REF JZ1242 .W67 2002 |
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World at Risk: A Global Issues Sourcebook |
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Ref JZ1242 .W67 2002 |
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Internet Sites
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The
Alfred Russel Wallace page |
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A site about the famed naturalist and
evolutionist. |
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Canyons,
cultures, and environmental change |
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An introduction to the land use history
of Colorado plateau |
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Carbon dioxide information analysis
center (CDIAC) |
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Dr.
Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Database |
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Earth
Trends: The environmental information portal |
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EE-Link |
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Published by the North American Association
for Environmental Education. This site provides links to environmental
education resources on the internet. Of special interest are
the links to grant and job opportunities. |
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Environmental
history on the Internet |
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Food
Safety Research Information Office (FSRIO) |
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Forest
Biology and Dendrology Educational Sites |
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The
Forest History Society |
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Published by Duke University's Forest
History Society. Site includes annotated bibliography containing
over 34,000 titles in the fields of forest, conservation and
environmental history, as well as a guide to various forestry
archival collections throughout the world. The Forest History
Society also has conducted over 200 oral history interviews
with individuals who have played a role in the history of North
American forestry and land management. An annotated guide to
these transcripts can also be found on this site. |
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Forestry
AgNIC |
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A part of the Agriculture Network Information
Center |
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Mercury
Research in the USGS |
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National
Center for Science Education |
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The National
Park Service-ParkNet |
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Includes sections entitled: Visit Your
Parks, Links to the Past, NatureNet, Learn NPS (for Teachers
and Learners), and Info Zone. |
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Natural
Selection |
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Nature
Serve: An Online Encyclopedia of Life |
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Contains histories and information on
more than 50,000 plants, animals, and ecosystems in the US and
Canada. Contains conservation information as well. Produced
by the Association for Biodiversity. |
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Sierra
Club Critical Ecoregions Program |
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Nicely presented site with "clickable
map" that links to information on 21 critical ecoregions (I.e.:
Alaska Rainforest, Hawai'i, central Appalachia and Pacific Northwest). |
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Southwest
School of Botanical Medicine: medical plant images |
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Structural
geology on the Web |
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Terms
of Environment |
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A guide to terms and abbreviations found
in environmental literature. Also contains a guide to acronyms
of environmental groups. |
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Traditional
Herbal and Plant Knowledge Identifications |
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Interesting site that delves into Ethnobotany.
Lists Native American medicinal and nutritional uses for common
plants, shrubs and roots. |
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Transgenic
crops: an introduction and resource guide |
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United
States Environmental Protection Agency Homepage |
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Univerisities
Water Information Network (UWIN) |
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Online clearinghouse that provides information
to the water resources community. Includes updates on research
in the field, job listings, upcoming conference information,
and links to information on water resources related graduate
programs. |
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The US
Long Term Ecological Research Network |
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Links to a network of diverse nationwide
sites, where ecosystems and ecological processes are examined
over "long temporal and broad spatial scales". Includes links
to Andrews Experimental Forest LTER Site--a program that examines
forest and stream ecosystems of the Pacific Northwest. |
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USDA Forest
Service Website |
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Includes information on US National Forests,
wildlife, grasslands as well as information on rsource, forest
and land management. |
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USGS
National earthquake information center |
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World
List of cycads |
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The
World Wide Web virtual library: Forest genetics and tree breeding |
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Organizations
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American
Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) |
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The
Clean Water Network |
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The
Division of Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History |
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Ducks Unlimitied |
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EcoPort |
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FAO: The
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
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Links to other departmental sites within
the FAO. Of special interest is the FAO Fisheries site, the
FAO Forestry site, and SD Dimensions--the site of the Sustainable
Development Department of the FAO. |
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Forest
Conservation portal |
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Forest
resources of Europe, CIS, North America, Australia, Japan, and
New Zealand |
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International
Society for Ecosystem Health (ISEH) |
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Noble
Foundation plant image gallery |
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Organization
of Biological Field Stations (OBFS) |
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Consortium of field stations, reserves,
habitats and LTER sites across the country. Provides descriptions
of summer interships, courses offered at various sites and project
funding opportunities. OBFS also publishes a newsletter which
is available free online. |
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Society
for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) |
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The
Society of American Foresters (SAF) |
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The Society of American Foresters mission
is "to advance the science, education, technology and practice
of forestry" as well as to "use the knowledge, skills, and conservation
ethic of the profession to ensure the continued health and use
of forest ecosystems and the present and future availability
of forest resources to benefit society." It was founded in 1900
by Gifford Pinchot. |
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Soil
Ecology Society (SES) |
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SES is an international organization that
investigates and addresses issues in the fields of soil ecology
and soil biology. Membership is open to students and professionals
in the field. |
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The
Wilderness Society |
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World
Agroforestry Centre |
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Videos
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Acid Rain |
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QH545.A17 A25 1991 |
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America's Wetlands |
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Examines what wetlands can do for the
environment, including purifying wastewater and lessening the
impact of drought and floods. |
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Ancient Forests: Vanishing Legacy of
the Pacific Northwest |
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Produced by the Wilderness Society. |
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SD387 O43 A53 1989 |
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Biosphere: Life in a Glass Bubble |
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A documentary about the eight scientists
who worked on the Biosphere 2 greenhouse ecosystem experiment
(1991-1993). |
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QH541 273 .U6 B56 1998 |
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Cane Toads: An Unnatural History |
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Imported to Australia in 1935 to help
eraticate an infestation of grey back beetles, by the 1980's
cane toads became as problematic to the ecosystem as the parasitic
insects they were once meant to combat. |
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QH305 B56 1986 |
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Environment Under Fire: Ecology and Politics
in Central America |
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How export crops, pesticides and war contribute
to ecological destruction in Central America |
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QH77 C38 E58 1988 |
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The Environment: When Politics and
Industry Intersect |
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A two-volume set that examines how
American industries and special interest groups attempt to influence
environmental regulatory laws. Part 1: "Green Packs and Greenbacks".
Part 2: "Scientific Spin Doctors". |
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HC110 E4995 2000 v.1-2 |
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Fate of Pesticides in the Environment |
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Video set includes manual. |
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QP82.2 P4 F43 1992 v.1-2 |
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Global Warming and the Greenhouse Effect |
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QC981.8 .G56 G563 2001 |
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The Great Lakes Ecosystem |
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Discusses the ecological problems facing
the Great Lakes, including industrial pollution, algae blooms
and contamination by PCB's. |
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TF223.3 .G743 1998 |
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The Greenhouse Effect |
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QC912.3 .G744 1989 |
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In the Light of Reverence |
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Examines three Native American communities
and their struggles to protect their sacred sites from stripmining,
tourism and development. Includes study guide. |
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E98 R3 I5 2001 |
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Large Dams, False Promises |
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Examines the environmental impact of
dam projects in Brazil, India and China. |
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QH545 D35 .L37 1993 |
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Mount Rainier: A Century of Resource Stewardship |
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F897 R2 M67 1999 |
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Mount St. Helens: Out of the Ash |
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QE523 S23 M68 1997 |
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My Father's Garden |
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The true tale of two farmers and the impact
their pesticide choices made on the environment and the health
of their families: "Herbert Smith championed the new miracle
sprays of the '50's in his orange grove in Florida while Fred
Kirschenmann of North Dakota, steered his land through the transition
to sustainable organic farming." |
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QH545 D35 .L37 1993 |
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My Father's Garden |
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The true tale of two farmers and the
impact their pesticide choices made on the environment and the
health of their families: "Herbert Smith championed the new
miracle sprays of the '50's in his orange grove in Florida while
Fred Kirschenmann of North Dakota, steered his land through
the transition to sustainable organic farming." |
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HD1476 A3 M94 1995 |
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Our Disappearing Forests |
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SD418 O97 1991 |
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A Planet for the Taking |
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Two programs on one videotape: "Subdue
the Earth" and "Who Needs Nature". The second program "explores
man's need for contact with the animal kingdom, taking into
account the exploitation of animals as victims, commodities
and entertainment" |
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QH77 C38 E58 1988 |
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Race to Save the Planet |
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This segment of the WGBH TV show takes
a look at recycling and waste treatment experiments in Peru,
Japan, Denmark and California. |
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TD420 R33 1990 |
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Race to Save the Planet |
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This segment of the WGBH TV show examines
environmental policy and programs in Zimbabwe, Thailand and
Sweden in the late 1980's and early 1990's. |
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HC79 E5 R33 1990 |
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Return to Mt. St. Helens |
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Examines how ecological systems and life
have returned to Mount St. Helens since the 1980 eruption. |
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QE523 S23 R48 1991 |
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Secret of the Rainforest: The Tree
Canopy |
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QH86 S4 1997 |
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Spirit and Nature |
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Filmed footage from a Middlebury College
forum on the moral,religious and ethical aspects of today's
global environmental issues. Includes conversations with the
Dalai Lama, Native American Elder Audrey Shenandoah, Rabbi Ismar
Schorsch and Prof. Seyyed Hossein Nasr. |
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BL435 S65 1991 |
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Taking a Second Look: Communities and
Dam Removal |
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Case studies of dam removal projects
in Wisconsin, Maine and California and the environmental and
economic issues surrounding them. |
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TD195 D35 T35 2001 |
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To the Last Fish |
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Examines the impact of commercial fishing
on marine life. |
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SH328 T6 1991 |
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Toxic Wastes |
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Gives a historical account of the growing
toxic waste problem. Part of the Keys to Scientific Literacy
series. |
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TD1030 T69 1998 |
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Understanding Urban Sprawl |
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Environmentalist Dr. David Suzuki discusses
the social, economic and environmental impact of urban sprawl. |
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HT371 U52 1999 |
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Waste Generation and Characterization |
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"The U.S. produces 200 million tons
of municipal solid waste per year, and the landfill area used
by the nation's 10 largest cities alone is larger than the entire
state of Indiana". This video examines the treatment of municipal
solid waste and the impact of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act. Co-produced by the EPA. |
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TD794.2 .W38 2001 |
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