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Author:
Trzupek, Rich.
Title:
Regulators gone wild : how the EPA is ruining American industry / Rich Trzupek.
Edition:
1st American ed.
Publisher:
Encounter Books,
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
xxii, 160 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Environmental management--United States.
Environmental policy--United States.
Industries--Environmental aspects--United States.
Pollution--Government policy--United States.
Factory and trade waste--Government policy--United States.
United States.--Environmental Protection Agency.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: competition amidst confusion -- Making the grade -- Getting the lead out -- Lusting after dollars -- More toxins, please -- Jobs vs. retribution: the price of punishment -- Restoration meets frustration -- Paying for somebody else's mistake -- Power plays -- There's nothing cool about global warming -- Mass hysteria: the press, pollution, and paranoia -- The home front -- Wilder than ever before -- Fixing the system -- Recent developments.
Summary:
Alleges that the green movement and big government have joined forces to pursue a utopian vision of environmental purity that can never be realized, an effort that stifles American productivity and innovation.
ISBN:
1594035261 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781594035265 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN:
2010038081
Locations:
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)
PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

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