How the government got in your backyard : superweeds, frankenfoods, lawn wars, and the (nonpartisan) truth about environmental policies /
Gillman, Jeff, 1969-
How the government got in your backyard : superweeds, frankenfoods, lawn wars, and the (nonpartisan) truth about environmental policies / Jeff Gillman, Eric Heberlig. - Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2011. - 256 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-244) and index.
Science, political science, and the science of politics -- Organic food: safer, friendlier, better? -- Pesticides: how dangerous is dangerous? -- Fertilizers: good for the crops, bad for the water? -- Alternative energy: is ethanol overrated? -- Genetic engineering: a time bomb waiting to explode? -- Plant patents: protecting plants or profiteering? -- Invasive plants: kill the aliens? -- Legal and illegal plants: why are the bad guys bad? -- Local restrictions: is your backyard really yours? -- Global warming: natural or man-made? -- Balancing nature and politics.
Explores the American government's response to various environmental problems, including global warming, the energy crisis, the use of pesticides, and genetically modified foods.
9781604690019 1604690011
2010028452
Environmental policy--Political aspects--United States.
Agriculture and state--United States.
Agriculture and politics--United States.
Science and state--United States.
GE180 / .G54 2011
GE180 / .G55 2011
How the government got in your backyard : superweeds, frankenfoods, lawn wars, and the (nonpartisan) truth about environmental policies / Jeff Gillman, Eric Heberlig. - Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2011. - 256 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-244) and index.
Science, political science, and the science of politics -- Organic food: safer, friendlier, better? -- Pesticides: how dangerous is dangerous? -- Fertilizers: good for the crops, bad for the water? -- Alternative energy: is ethanol overrated? -- Genetic engineering: a time bomb waiting to explode? -- Plant patents: protecting plants or profiteering? -- Invasive plants: kill the aliens? -- Legal and illegal plants: why are the bad guys bad? -- Local restrictions: is your backyard really yours? -- Global warming: natural or man-made? -- Balancing nature and politics.
Explores the American government's response to various environmental problems, including global warming, the energy crisis, the use of pesticides, and genetically modified foods.
9781604690019 1604690011
2010028452
Environmental policy--Political aspects--United States.
Agriculture and state--United States.
Agriculture and politics--United States.
Science and state--United States.
GE180 / .G54 2011
GE180 / .G55 2011