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" Issues of the Day : "
Ian W.H. Parry and Felicia Day, editors.
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1046331
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Issues of the Day : : 100 Commentaries on Climate, Energy, the Environment, Transportation, and Public Health Policy /\ Ian W.H. Parry and Felicia Day, editors.
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Washington, D.C. :: Resources for the Future,, [2010]
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, ©2010
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1 online resource (x, 218 pages)
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1933115874
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: 1933115882
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: 193633125X
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: 6612789972
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: 9781933115870
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: 9781933115887
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: 9781936331253
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: 9786612789977
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Editors' introduction; Part 1: Global Environmental Challenges; Part 2: Energy Policies; Part 3: National Environmental Policies; Part 4: Managing Natural Resources; Part 5: Transportation and Urban Policies; Part 6: Public Health Policies; Part 7: Environment and Development; Index.
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Issues of the Day provides an easy way for students, academics, journalists, policymakers, and the public to learn about a diverse range of policy issues affecting the environment, energy, transportation, and public health. Each commentary gives a short assessment of a topic, summarizing in a non-technical way the current state of analysis or evidence on the issue, along with selected recommendations for further reading. The essays are written by world renowned scholars, mostly economists, and provide useful insights on policy problems that are often complex and poorly understood. Some of the.
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Climatic changes.
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Energy policy.
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Environmental policy.
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Climatic changes.
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Energy policy.
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Environmental policy.
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NATURE-- Ecology.
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NATURE-- Ecosystems Habitats-- Wilderness.
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SCIENCE-- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry-- Environmental)
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SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Ecology.
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577
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GE170.I77 2010eb
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Day, Felicia
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Parry, Ian W. H., (Ian William Holmes),1965-
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Resources for the Future,publisher.
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One hundred commentaries on climate, energy, the environment, transportation, and public health policy
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