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1. British Politics and the Environment

   By John McCormick

   Series: Environmentalism and Politics Set

   Britain has an immense range of environmental law and the reputation for largely ignoring it. John McCormick describes the fascinating story of the political growth of that law, and the pressures, the compromises, the parliamentary and civil service opportunism that allowed the edifice to grow over...

   Published September 30th 2009 by Routledge
2. Dirty Words

   Writings on the History and Culture of Pollution

   By Hannah Bradby

   Series: Environmentalism and Politics Set

   Did dinosaurs contribute to global warming? What is rubbish theory and what indeed is rubbish? And how did the whale become a cuddly toy? And why did we decide to saturate our land and food with pesticides? Dirty Words examines all of these questions and also includes a study of pollution in...

   Published September 30th 2009 by Routledge
3. When the Bough Breaks...

   Our children, our environment

   By Laura Thomas

   Edited by Lloyd Timberlake

   Series: Environmentalism and Politics Set

   TO ACCOMPANY A MAJOR ITV DOCUMENTARY We are poisoning our planet and destroying the lives of our children. In the west arguments rage over how much nuclear radiation and toxic dumping is safe, while children continue to breath filthy air and eat food full of pesticides. In the third World, over...

   Published September 30th 2009 by Routledge
4. Waste Not Want Not

   The Production and Dumping of Toxic Waste

   By Robert Allen

   Series: Environmentalism and Politics Set

   No-one wants toxic waste dumped in their back yard. Dioxins and furans from incinerators, dangerous chemicals leaching from landfill sites and the apparently random dumping of nuclear waste are all clear threats to our health and lives. In fact any waste not properly dealt with can become dangerous...

   Published September 30th 2009 by Routledge
5. The Earthscan Action Handbook for People and Planet

   By Miles Litvinoff

   Series: Environmentalism and Politics Set

   We have poisoned the air and water on which our lives depend. Poor countries exhaust their land in the struggle to survive while rich countries demand more and more. The Earthscan Action Handbook spells out why things have gone so terribly wrong and what each of us can do to clean up the mess....

   Published September 30th 2009 by Routledge
6. Fax

   Messages from a near future

   By Jorge Wilheim

   Series: Environmentalism and Politics Set

   'THIS SHORT BOOK IS A REVELATION AND AN INSPIRATION. USING THE SIMPLE BUT BRILLIANT DEVICE OF AN EXCHANGE OF FAXES FROM ACROSS TIME. IT REVEALS TO US WHAT THE FUTURE MAY HOLD' FROM THE FOREWORD BY SIR RICHARD ROGERS Originally published in 1996...

   Published September 30th 2009 by Routledge
7. Environmental Law and Citizen Action

   By Alan Murdie

   Series: Environmentalism and Politics Set

   Never before have people been so aware of the importance of sound environmental law, as every week stories of controversial planning developments and prosecutions for the release of toxic substances feature in the news. Environmental Law and Citizen Action sets out and explains the ways that...

   Published September 30th 2009 by Routledge