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Workers who are outside between the hours of 11am and 4pm (when ultra violet radiation is most intense) have an increased risk of skin cancer. This skin cancer safety training program will teach or remind you:-- How to recognize the early signs of skin cancer-- The different types of cancers• Ways to reduce your risk of skin cancer-- How to be 'sun smart'
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Tells the story of how the Great Lakes were formed in the last ice age, as well as the formation of the Niagra Escarpment. Explains how the voyageurs, lumberjacks, miners, and pioneer families played roles in creating the Great Lakes Region we know today. Shows case studies of environmental problems and solutions in and around the Great Lakes today.
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Discusses the seriousness of pollution on the environment and how it can be remedied.
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"This book presents an unique method of looking at environmental policy formulation and implementation. Honadle outlines alternative approaches for implementing policies designed to protect natural resources and promote sustainable development practices. He expertly moves policy making from a universalistic one-size-fits-all position, to an approach that is tied to the context of the people or place for which the policy is designed, and therefore...
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Publisher description: The biodiversity crisis -- the extinction of thousands of species of plants and animals -- is not just a faraway problem for scientists to solve. Instead, the crisis is as close as our backyards, our gardens, and our refrigerator shelves. This engaging, practical guide inspires average Americans to wield their consumer power in favor of protecting the world's plant and animal species. Environmentalist activist Martin Teitel...
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"This book will help policy makers, university students, and the general public understand how the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is intended to work, and how it can be used to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in order to combat global warming. Unlike all other books on NEPA, this book focuses on the global warming problem in terms of thermodynamics and entropy. It explains how NEPA can help combat global warming by operationalizing...
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"In an appraisal of the current threat to global biodiversity, Michael M. Gunter, Jr., concludes that nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are in the best position to negotiate the powerful and often conflicting political and economic interests involved in species loss as well as species preservation." "Showing how NGOs fit into the landscape of international biodiversity protection and what makes them so effective, Gunter's work demonstrates that...
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Analyzing the consumer movement from sociological, economic, and political perspectives, Mayer argues that American consumer activists have successfully shaped public policy despite formidable obstacles. He details the history of consumer activism in the United States, looks at significant leaders, and examines the key components of the present movement. He measures its successes and failures, compares it with movements in other countries, shows how...
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Fees for ATM transactions. Cell phone contracts you can't get out of with a crowbar. Big bucks for insurance you don't need on a rental car or for supposedly "free" wireless internet. Every day we use banks, cell phones, and credit cards. Every day we book hotels and airline tickets. And every day we get ripped off. You didn't fill up that rental car with gas? Gotcha! Gas costs $7 a gallon here. You're one day late on that electric bill? Gotcha! All...
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