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Environmental Protection explores the crises of endangered species, global warming, and pollution, and the people and organizations that are working to eliminate the problems. This title also focuses on people who have been helped, the progress that has already been made, and the challenges still left to be met. The young reader analyzes the stories and develops his or her own opinion of what can be done to solve our environmental problems. The book...
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The book presents a broad overview of Environmental Protection through Quality Upgradation. The text of this volume includes sixteen chapters, which have written un playful style and are remarkable. The chapters like total quality management, quality revolution, spiritual inspiration, friendship with the nature. Pollution menace, waste management, green standards etc. have, been well, explained using table and sketches. The author has, rendered a...
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Since its establishment by Richard Nixon in 1970, the Environmental Protection Agency has strived to establish and enforce regulations intended to protect the environment and the environmental well-being of citizens in the United States. Today, it faces great struggles and an uncertain future despite the good it has worked during its existence. Through engaging photographs, strong statistics, detailed research, and vibrant and informative sidebars,...
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Treecia and Cloudio are two friends who are passionate about environmental protection. They believe that if everybody does something to protect our environment from pollution and mistreatment, the Earth will be a safe place for generations to come. While Treecia visits Cloudio to attend a camp in Cloudio's hometown of Tuktoyaktuk, located in the arctic region of Canada, the two friends find a little bear lost in the Mangilaluk River. They rescue the...
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If you take care of the environment, it will take care of you too. But as a young child, what can you do to protect your natural surroundings? Well, this book will give you plenty of clue! Go over the contents of this book to understand how little acts can actually have a major impact when it comes to environmental protection. Go ahead and grab a copy today.
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From 12 to 14 December 2014, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) chief justices and their designees convened in Ha Noi, Viet Nam, for their fourth roundtable on environment, with the theme "Role of the Judiciary in Environmental Protection." Eminent speakers and participants shared their insights on the judiciary's role in protecting the environment, particularly in addressing the region's environmental challenges. The ASEAN judiciaries...
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Ex-Green Beret George Hayduke returns from war to find his beloved southwestern desert threatened by industrial development. Joining with Bronx exile and feminist saboteur Bonnie Abzug, wilderness guide and outcast Mormon Seldom Seen Smith, and libertarian billboard torcher Doc Sarvis, M.D., Hayduke is ready to fight the power. They (the Monkey Wrench Gang) take on the strip miners, clear-cutters, and the highway, dam, and bridge builders who are...
11) Just a dream
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When he has a dream about a future Earth devastated by pollution, Walter begins to understand the importance of taking care of the environment.
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142 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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"Love Letter to the Earth is Thich Nhat Hanh's passionate appeal for ecological mindfulness and the strengthening of our relationship to the Earth. While many experts point to the enormous complexity in addressing issues ranging from the destruction of ecosystems to the loss of millions of species, Thich Nhat Hanh identifies one key issue as having the potential to create a tipping point. He believes that we need to move beyond the concept of the...
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56 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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"The environment is an essential but sometimes tough and weighty concept to grasp. This engaging nonfiction book takes readers back to the basics, offering an accessible overview of what makes up our environment, how those parts work, and why they matter. Divided into five sections -- water, air, soil, energy, and climate -- the book uses facts, figures, and simple language to give an overarching survey of our environment. Questions run throughout...
15) The last hours of ancient sunlight: the fate of the world and what we can do before it's too late
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xx, 378 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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x, 289 pages ; 23 cm
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Examines the daunting hurdles facing the EPA in its critical roles in drinking water, air and water pollution, climate change, and toxic chemicals. This book takes the reader on a journey into some of today's most pressing environmental problems: toxic "forever chemicals" known as PFAS, pervasive agricultural pollution, dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico, and widespread air and water pollution from use of fossil fuels. Delving into the science, politics,...
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With essays from renowned children's book authors such as Ann Brashares, Jeanne DuPrau, Caroline B. Cooney, Laurie Halse Anderson, Bruce Coville, Gennifer Choldenko, and over 100 others, each piece is an informative and inspiring call to kids of all ages to understand what's happening to the environment, and to take action in saving our world. Features helpful tips and facts interspersed throughout the book.
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