References
References
References
A few of the articles throughout this website cite sources for data or other information. Bibliographic information may be found here.
ISSUES PAGES
Biodiversity
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. "Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Biodiversity Synthesis." 2005. (pdf file)
www.millenniumassessment.org
Consumption and Waste
Harrison, Jonathan. "Consumption and the Environment." (pdf file)
http://ase.tufts.edu
Sierra Club. "Global Population and Environment: Consumption Factsheet."
www.sierraclub.org
World Business Council for Sustainable Development. "Sustainable Consumption Facts and Trends." (pdf file)
www.wbcsd.org
Yin, Sandra. "Lifestyle Choices Affect U.S. Impact on Environment." Population Reference Bureau, October 2006.
www.prb.org
Energy
European Nuclear Society. "Nuclear Power Plants World Wide."
www.euronuclear.org
Nuclear Energy Information Service. "Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons."
www.neis.org
Time for Change. "Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Weapons per Country."
http://timeforchange.org
Environmental Justice
Bryant, Bunyan, et al. "Environmental Justice." Encyclopedia of Earth, 2007.
www.eoearth.org
Habitat Loss
Devitt, Terry. "World Land Use Seen as Top Environmental Issue." University of Wisconsin-Madison News. July 21, 2005.
www.news.wisc.edu
UNEP. "GEO: Global Environment Outlook."
www.unep.org
"Humanity Loses $250 Billion a Year in Wild Habitat." August 12, 2002. Commondreams.org
www.commondreams.org
Health and Nutrition
USDA. FoodReview: Weighing in on Obesity, Vol. 25, No. 3, Economic Research Service, January 2003.
www.ers.usda.gov
U.S. Department of Energy. "Guide to Financing EnergySmart Schools."
www1.eere.energy.gov
Land Use
Devitt, Terry. "World Land Use Seen as Top Environmental Issue." University of Wisconsin-Madison News. July 21, 2005.
www.news.wisc.edu
Foley, Jonathan, et al. "Global Consequences of Land Use." Science, July 22, 2005.
"Atmospheric Changes and Air Pollution."
http://see-the-sea.org
Oceans
Monterey Bay Aquarium. "What's Troubling Our Waters: Overfishing." www.montereybayaquarium.org
Ocean Conservancy. "Global Climate Change and the Ocean."
www.oceanconservancy.org
Pickrell, John. "Oceans Found to Absorb Half of All Man-made Carbon Dioxide." National Geographic News, July 15, 2004.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com
Than, Ker. "Swimmers' Sunscreen Killing Off Coral." National Geographic News, January 29, 2008.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news
Population
Brown, Lester. Outgrowing the Earth. W.W. Norton, 2004, p. 38.
Engelman, Robert. Population Growth in Recent Years. Worldwatch report. September 17, 2009.
www.worldwatch.org
Lappé, Frances Moore, et al. World Hunger: 12 Myths, 2nd Edition. Food First Books, 1998, p. 40.
Moore, Frances. C. "Carbon Dioxide Emissions Accelerating Rapidly." Earth Policy Institute, April 9, 2009.
www.earthpolicy.org
Resource Depletion
Human Development Report of the U.N., discussed in Shah, Anup. "Stress on the Environment, Society and Resources?"
www.globalissues.org
Shah, Anup. "Human Population."
www.globalissues.org
Toxics
Cone, Marla. "Dozens of Chemicals Found in Most Americans' Bodies." Los Angeles Times, July 22, 2005.
http://articles.latimes.com
NativeVillage.org, "How to Avoid the Top 10 Most Common Toxins." www.nativevillage.org
U.S Department of Interior. "Study Reveals Mercury Contamination in Fish Nationwide." August 19, 2009.
www.doi.gov
Water
MSNBC, "Crisis Feared as U.S. Water Supplies Dry Up." October 27, 2007.
www.msnbc.msn.com
Shah, Anup. "Water and Development."
www.globalissues.org
World Health Organization. "Ten Facts about Water Scarcity." March 2009.
www.who.int
World Water Council. "Frequently Asked Questions."
www.worldwatercouncil.org
World Water Council. "Water and Nature."
www.worldwatercouncil.org