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- catalog abstract ""Jennifer Seymour Whitaker takes on one of America's most crucial problems - the massive buildup of waste in our land and water - and shows what can be done about it. Exploring the clear and present dangers of massive fallout from production and consumption, she dramatizes how the American infatuation with commerce and progress has brought more people more goods than any other society in history - and how all that plenty threatens to make our world unlivable. In penetrating detail, she demonstrates exactly how incinerator and landfill emissions, trash and sewage, industrial wastes, agricultural chemicals, mining debris, and nuclear stockpiling are devastating our quality of life." "Whitaker takes a hard look at all the potential solutions Americans currently employ and shows why the resistance of the U.S. private sector, great gaps in scientific knowledge, and massive failures in environmental regulation make more radical solutions imperative. She suggests the one solution that will work: government policies that fundamentally restructure market incentives. For anyone concerned about the environment, and the good life in America, Salvaging the Land of Plenty is essential reading."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b6067418.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description ""Jennifer Seymour Whitaker takes on one of America's most crucial problems - the massive buildup of waste in our land and water - and shows what can be done about it. Exploring the clear and present dangers of massive fallout from production and consumption, she dramatizes how the American infatuation with commerce and progress has brought more people more goods than any other society in history - and how all that plenty threatens to make our world unlivable. In penetrating detail, she demonstrates exactly how incinerator and landfill emissions, trash and sewage, industrial wastes, agricultural chemicals, mining debris, and nuclear stockpiling are devastating our quality of life." "Whitaker takes a hard look at all the potential solutions Americans currently employ and shows why the resistance of the U.S. private sector, great gaps in scientific knowledge, and massive failures in environmental regulation make more radical solutions imperative. She suggests the one solution that will work: government policies that fundamentally restructure market incentives. For anyone concerned about the environment, and the good life in America, Salvaging the Land of Plenty is essential reading."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. What's the problem? -- 2. Freedom and wealth in the minds of Americans -- 3. America the bountiful -- 4. Wealth and waste -- 5. Swamped -- 6. Nowhere to hide it -- 7. Choosing conservation -- 8. Can technology fix it? -- 9. Can sicence sort it out? -- 10. The business of business -- 11. Government redux -- 12. Policy, the environment, and the marketplace -- 13. Progress and plenty in the twenty-first century.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-323) and index.".
- catalog extent "336 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Salvaging the land of plenty.".
- catalog identifier "0688101305 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Salvaging the land of plenty.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Morrow,".
- catalog relation "Salvaging the land of plenty.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "363.72/8/0973 20".
- catalog subject "Consumption (Economics) Environmental aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "Environmental policy United States Citizen participation.".
- catalog subject "Environmental protection United States Citizen participation.".
- catalog subject "Raw materials Taxation United States.".
- catalog subject "Refuse and refuse disposal United States.".
- catalog subject "TD788 .W49 1994".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. What's the problem? -- 2. Freedom and wealth in the minds of Americans -- 3. America the bountiful -- 4. Wealth and waste -- 5. Swamped -- 6. Nowhere to hide it -- 7. Choosing conservation -- 8. Can technology fix it? -- 9. Can sicence sort it out? -- 10. The business of business -- 11. Government redux -- 12. Policy, the environment, and the marketplace -- 13. Progress and plenty in the twenty-first century.".
- catalog title "Salvaging the land of plenty : garbage and the American dream / Jennifer Seymour Whitaker.".
- catalog type "text".