THE ENVIRONMENT IN CRISIS CHAPTER 1: THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT PAGE 1. Is the U.S. Making Progress? Unlike the GDP, a New Measure Says 'No' 2 2. Air Pollution, Past and Present 8 CHAPTER 2: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES Global Warming: How Big Business Controls the Debate: 3. Not to Worry, Say Business Lobbyists 9 4. Can We Afford to Stop Global Warming? 12 5. Winners Take All 16 6. Bucking Biotech: The Global Threat of the New Agribusiness 17 7. Prawn Fever: Thailand's High-Stakes Jumbo Shrimp Business 21 CHAPTER 3: U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS 8. Does Preserving the Earth Threaten Jobs? 25 9. The Sewage Scam: Should Sludge Fertilize Your Vegetables? 29 10. Power Lines and Leukemia: Beware of Scientists Bearing Glad Tidings 33 11. The Junk Bond Boss Meets the Ancient Sequoia 34 12. Gluttons for Energy: The U.S.'s Insatiable Appetite Threatens the 38 Environment CHAPTER 4: REGULATION 13. Competition Comes to Electricity: Industry Gains, People and the 42 Environment Lose 14. Trading Away the Earth: Examining Free Market Environmentalism 45 15. Taxing Trash: Environmental Boon or Consumer Threat? 49 CHAPTER 5: DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE FUTURES 16. Trashing Recycling: The New Face of Anti-Environmentalism 53 Greener Industry: 17. New Industrial Ecosystems 57 18. Denmark Shows the Way 59 19. Let's Just Assume We're Sustainable 62 20. Conserve and Renew: How to Save Money and Protect the Environment 64 CHAPTER 6: THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT AND ITS OPPONENTS 21. Environmental Justice: The Birth of a Movement 68 22. Green Labels: Can They Build a New Marketplace? 71 23. Marketing Green: Corporate Environmentalism Shows its True Colors 75