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Arising from a series of lectures delivered at EPA seminars, presentations by 11 world leaders in conservation, ecology, and public policy (including Paul Ehrlich, Jacques Cousteau, John Kenneth Galbraith, Ralph Nader, Carl Sagan, Barry Commoner, and Lester Brown) speak to broad environmental issues, with special emphasis on how government can and must act to preserve the planet and its varied life. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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Wolbarst, a physicist at the Environmental Protection Agency, has collected EPA seminars given by 11 distinguished figures--among them Ralph Nader, John Kenneth Galbraith, Barry Commoner, Jacques Cousteau, Paul Ehrlich, Lester Brown and Carl Sagan. In these forceful presentations the most frequently cited environmental threat is overpopulation, seen as exacerbating a host of perilous situations. Among the issues discussed in detail are ozone depletion, the warming of the earth's temperature, plant and animal extinction, hazardous wastes, soil and fresh water loss, climatic changes and deforestation. The statistics are riveting: world population increases by 88 million people a year; deforestation occurs 10 times faster than the trees can be replaced. On the positive side is increased public awareness of and concern about the environment. Solutions offered include these remedies from Carl Sagan: a quick phaseout of chlorofluorocarbon production; more efficient use of energy; a search for renewable energy sources; and planting and preserving forests. A basic, essential environmental reader.
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Softcover. Condition: Near fine. First edition. Inscribed by the editor and one contributor on the half-title page: "To Norman, with my very best wishes, Tony Wolbarst"; "For the next century! Michael H. Robinson, April 1992." Uncommon signed. A book that "assembles in one volume a record of the primary concerns of eleven of the world's leaders in conservation, ecology, and public policy," derived from a lecture series at the Environment Protection Agency. Other prominent contributors include Ralph Nader, Barry Commoner, Jacques Cousteau, Paul Ehrlich, Lester Brown, and Carl Sagan. With a foreword by Thomas Lovejoy. Each chapter (lecture) at its rear includes the questions received from the audience and the speaker's answers to them, which is a neat inclusion. Wolbarst is physicist who worked for the EPA, and Robinson was a zoologist who directed the National Zoo. A very near fine paperback with just a few pinprick-size scratches to rear wrap. Seller Inventory # 1718