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The Morning After Earth Day: Practical Environmental Politics
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After a generation of progress in reducing large sources of industrial and municipal pollution and in improving management of public lands, today’s environmental conflicts are complex. They involve controlling pollution caused by farmers, small businesses, drivers of ageing cars, and homeowners, as well as minimizing ecological threats on private land. Remedies often lie in politically treacherous territory – persuading ordinary people to change their daily routines, rather than ordering big business to adopt new technology or government officials to manage land differently. This is an exploration of how policymakers, business executives and citizen groups are fighting novel political battles and sometimes maki… More >>
The Morning After Earth Day: Practical Environmental Politics