Bob Deans

Reckless: The Political Assault on the American Environment

Buch

Republicans regained control of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2010 at a time of unprecedented global challenge and change. Instead of devoting the next year to embracing opportunity amid turmoil, though, the lawmakers waged the worst legislative assault in history against the commonsense safeguards we all depend on to protect our environment and health. In a single calendar year, the Republican-led House voted nearly 200 times to weaken, block, or delay needed measures that defend our air, water, wildlife, and lands. This book tells the story of that misguided campaign, how it put our nation at risk, and where we need to go from here,… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Redford, Robert (Solist)

ISBN: 978-1-4422-1797-3
EAN: 9781442217973
Produktnummer: 12605000
Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 105 S.
Masse: H21.5 cm x B14.1 cm x D1.0 cm 177 g
Gewicht: 177

Über den Autor

Bob Deans is the author of the 2007 book The River Where American Began: A Journey Along the James. He coauthored the 2009 book Clean Energy Common Sense: An American Call to Action on Global Climate Change, and the 2010 book In Deep Water: The Anatomy of a Disaster, the Fate of the Gulf, and Ending our Oil Addition. A Native of Richmond, Virginia, Deans spent twenty-five years as correspondent for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and other Cox newspapers before joining the Natural Resources Defense Council and the NRDC Action Fund in 2009. He is a former president of the White House Correspondents Association and lives in Bethesda Maryland with his wife and their three children.