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3) The appeal
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
When a judge returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste in a small Mississippi town, the company's billionaire owner seeks to influence the appeal process by using his money to "buy" a seat on the state Supreme Court.
Author
Publisher
Harmony Books
Pub. Date
c2019
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
340 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this fascinating look at the race to secure the global food supply, environmental journalist and professor Amanda Little tells the defining story of the sustainable food revolution as she weaves together stories from the world's most creative and controversial innovators on the front lines of food science, agriculture, and climate change.
Author
Publisher
North Point Press
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
193 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The authors explain how products can be designed from the outset that will provide nourishment for something new. They can be conceived as "biological nutrients" that will easily reenter the water or soil without depositing synthetic nutrients and toxins. Or they can be "technical nutrients" that will continually circulate as pure and valuable materials within closed-loop industrial cycles, rather than being "recycled".
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing
Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
viii, 274 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Defending Beef builds a comprehensive argument that cattle can help build carbon-sequestering soils to mitigate climate change, enhance biodiversity, prevent desertification, and provide invaluable nutrition.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Over the past several decades, globalization has homogenized what we eat, and done so ruthlessly. The numbers are stark: Of the roughly six thousand different plants once consumed by human beings, only nine remain major staples today. Just three of these—rice, wheat, and corn—now provide fifty percent of all our calories. Dig deeper and the trends are more worrisome still:
The source of much of the world’s food—seeds—is mostly in the control...
Author
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Bill Gates shares what he's learned in more than a decade of studying climate change and investing in innovations to address the problems, and sets out a vision for how the world can build the tools it needs to get to zero greenhouse gas emissions. Bill Gates explains why he cares so deeply about climate change and what makes him optimistic that the world can avoid the most dire effects of the climate crisis. Gates says, "We can work on a local,...
Author
Publisher
Verso
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
ix, 243 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"How Gentrification is killing our cities, and what we can do about it. Leslie Kern, author of the best-selling Feminist City, travels from Toronto, New York, London, Paris and San Francisco and scrutinizes the myths and lies that surround this most urgent urban crisis of our times: gentrification. This process can be seen today in rising rents and evictions, transformed retail areas, increased policing and broken communities. But Kern argues that...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the seventh book in the Exploring Our Community series, the five friends learn all about how to reduce plastic pollution. It's Nick's birthday, and he wants to celebrate by challenging his friends to a No Plastics Day. While going a whole day without using single-use plastic, the five friends learn about how much plastic surrounds us in our daily lives; the garbage patch gyres in the oceans; plastic in our food chain; what plastic is made of (science...
Author
Publisher
New Society Publishers
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
xx, 203 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explains the dangers of traditional cleaners; discusses basic household chemistry and types of toxic exposure; provides tips for healthier and safer cleaning methods and products.