Watersheds 4 : ten cases in environmental ethics /
Watersheds four
Lisa H. Newton, Catherine K. Dillingham, Joanne Choly.
- 4th ed.
- Australia ; Belmont, CA : Thomson Wadsworth, c2006.
- xv, 208 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliography (p. 201-203) and index.
Of greenhouses and freezers, the perils of global climate change -- Genetically modified organisms, the complex difficulties of frankenfood -- Skunked, crisis in the New England fisheries -- The ingenuity of the bugs, combating resistance to antibiotics -- Oil on the rocks, the wreck of the Exxon Valdez -- The extended family, saga of the great apes -- Chlorine sunrise, the beneficent possibilities of a known poison -- Are we the problem? Addressing the new population dilemma -- Fueling the world, what are the alternatives for energy? -- Biological diversity, saving the uniquenesses of the world.