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Taking Sides volumes present current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with Learning Outcomes, an Issue Summary, an Introduction, and an Exploring the Issue section featuring Critical Thinking and Reflection, Is There Common Ground?, and Additional Resources. Taking Sides readers also offer a Topic Guide and an annotated listing of Internet References for further consideration of the issues. An online Instructor’s Resource Guide with testing material is available for each volume. Using Taking Sides in the Classroom is also an excellent instructor resource. Visit www.mhhe.com/takingsides for more details.

Preface, vi

Correlation Guide, xvii

Topic Guide, xxi

Introduction, xxiii

UNIT 1. ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY, 1

Issue 1. Should the Precautionary Principle Become Part of National and International Law?, 2

YES: Agne Sirinskiene, from “The Status of Precautionary Principle: Moving Towards a Rule of Customary Law,” Jurisprudence (October 2009), 6

NO: Ken Cussen, from “Handle with Care: Assessing the Risks of the Precautionary Principle,” Australasian Journal of Environmental Management (June 2009), 14

Issue 2. Is Sustainable Development Compatible with Human Welfare?, 21

YES: Richard Heinberg, from The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality (New Society Publishers, 2011), 25

NO: Ronald Bailey, from “Wilting Greens,” Reason (December 2002), 36

Issue 3. Do Ecosystem Services Have Economic Value?, 40

YES: Rebecca L. Goldman, from “Ecosystem Services: How People Benefit from Nature,” Environment (September/October 2010), 44

NO: Marino Gatto and Giulio A. De Leo, from “Pricing Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: The Never-Ending Story,” Bioscience (April 2000), 54

UNIT 2. PRINCIPLES VERSUS POLITICS, 65

Issue 4. Should North America's Landscape Be Restored to Its Prehuman State?, 66

YES: C. Josh Donlan, from “Restoring America's Big, Wild Animals,” Scientific American (June 2007), 70

NO: Dustin R. Rubenstein, Daniel I. Rubenstein, Paul W. Sherman, and Thomas A. Gavin, from “Pleistocene Park: Does Re-Wilding North America Represent Sound Conservation for the 21st Century?” Biological Conservation (vol. 132, 2006), 76

Issue 5. Should the Military Be Exempt from Environmental Regulations?, 85

YES: Benedict S. Cohen, from “Impact of Military Training on the Environment,” Testimony before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (April 2, 2003), 89

NO: Jamie Clark, from “Impact of Military Training on the Environment,” Testimony before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (April 2, 2003), 100

Issue 6. Will Restricting Carbon Emissions Damage the Economy?, 110

YES: Paul Cicio, from “Competitiveness and Climate Policy: Avoiding Leakage of Jobs and Emissions,” testimony before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment (March 18, 2009), 114

NO: Aaron Ezroj, from “How Cap and Trade Will Fuel the Global Economy,” Environmental Law Reporter (July 2010), 121

UNIT 3. ENERGY ISSUES, 133

Issue 7. Is Global Warming a Catastrophe That Warrants Immediate Action?, 134

YES: Global Humanitarian Forum, from Climate Change—The Anatomy of a Silent Crisis (May 2009), 138

NO: Bj⊘rn Lomborg, from “Let's Keep Our Cool About Global Warming,” Skeptical Inquirer (March/April 2008), 142

Issue 8. Should We Drill for Offshore Oil?, 148

YES: Stephen L. Baird, from “Offshore Oil Drilling: Buying Energy Independence or Buying Time?” The Technology Teacher (November 2008), 152

NO: Mary Annette Rose, from “The Environmental Impacts of Offshore Oil Drilling,” The Technology Teacher (February 2009), 158

Issue 9. Is Shale Gas the Solution to Our Energy Woes?, 165

YES: Diane Katz, from “Shale Gas: A Reliable and Affordable Alternative to Costly “Green” Schemes,” Fraser Forum (July/August 2010), 168

NO: Deborah Weisberg, from “Fracking Our Rivers,” Fly Fisherman (April/May 2010), 172

Issue 10. Is Renewable Energy Really Green?, 179

YES: Andrea Larson, from “Growing U.S. Trade in Green Technology,” testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection (October 7, 2009), 183

NO: Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN), from “The Perils of “Energy Sprawl”,” Resources for the Future (October 5, 2009), 191

Issue 11. Are Biofuels a Reasonable Substitute for Fossil Fuels?, 200

YES: Keith Kline, Virginia H. Dale, Russell Lee, and Paul Leiby, from “In Defense of Biofuels, Done Right,” Issues in Science and Technology (Spring 2009), 204

NO: David Pimentel, Alison Marklein, Megan A. Toth, Marissa N. Karpoff, Gillian S. Paul, Robert McCormack, Joanna Kyriazis, and Tim Krueger, from “Food Versus Biofuels: Environmental and Economic Costs,” Human Ecology (February 2009), 212

Issue 12. Is It Time to Revive Nuclear Power?, 222

YES: Allison MacFarlane, from “Nuclear Power: A Panacea for Future Energy Needs?” Environment (March/April 2010), 226

NO: Kristin Shrader-Frechette, from “Five Myths About Nuclear Energy,” America (June 23–30, 2008), 233

UNIT 4. FOOD AND POPULATION, 241

Issue 13. Do We Have a Population Problem?, 242

YES: David Attenborough, from “This Heaving Planet,” New Statesman (April 25, 2011), 246

NO: Tom Bethell, from “Population, Economy, and God,” The American Spectator (May 2009), 252

Issue 14. Does Commercial Fishing Have a Future?, 257

YES: Carl Safina, from “A Future for U.S. Fisheries,” Issues in Science and Technology (Summer 2009), 261

NO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, from “World Review of Fisheries and Aquaculture,” The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture, 2010, (FAO, 2010), 267

Issue 15. Can Organic Farming Feed the World?, 274

YES: Ed Hamer and Mark Anslow, from “10 Reasons Why Organic Can Feed the World,” Ecologist (March 2008), 278

NO: D. J. Connor, from “Organic Agriculture Cannot Feed the World,” Field Crops Research (March 2008), 286

UNIT 5. TOXIC CHEMICALS, 293

Issue 16. Should Society Impose a Moratorium on the Use and Release of “Synthetic Biology” Organisms?, 294

YES: Jim Thomas, Eric Hoffman, and Jaydee Hanson, from “Offering Testimony from Civil Society on the Environmental and Societal Implications of Synthetic Biology” (May 27, 2010), 298

NO: Gregory E. Kaebnick, from “Testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce Hearing on Developments in Synthetic Genomics and Implications for Health and Energy” (May 27, 2010), 302

Issue 17. Do Environmental Hormone Mimics Pose a Potentially Serious Health Threat?, 309

YES: Michele L. Trankina, from “The Hazards of Environmental Estrogens,” The World & I (October 2001), 313

NO: Michael Gough, from “Endocrine Disrupters, Politics, Pesticides, the Cost of Food and Health,” Daily Commentary (December 15, 1997), 319

Issue 18. Should the Superfund Tax Be Reinstated?, 327

YES: Stephen Lester and Anne Rabe, from Superfund: In the Eye of the Storm (Center for Health, Environment & Justice, June 2010) (included in testimony by Lois Gibb before Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works, Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health, hearing on “Oversight of the Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund Program,” June 22, 2010), 331

NO: J. Winston Porter, from Testimony before the Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works, Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health, Hearing on “Oversight of the Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund Program,” June 22, 2010, 336

Issue 19. Should the United States Reprocess Spent Nuclear Fuel?, 343

YES: Kate J. Dennis, Jason Rugolo, Lee T. Murray, and Justin Parrella, from “The Case for Reprocessing,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (November/December 2009), 347

NO: David M. Romps, Christopher D. Holmes, Kurt Z. House, Benjamin G. Lee, and Mark T. Winkler, from “The Case Against Nuclear Reprocessing,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (November/December 2009), 352

Contributors, 357

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