Author: United States. National Resources Planning BoardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Regional planning
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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Progress Report
Author: United States. National Resources Planning BoardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Regional planning
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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Legislative Document
Author: New York (State). LegislaturePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1200
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The Polluters
Author: Benjamin RossPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199753202
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
The chemical pollution that irrevocably damages today's environment is, although many would like us to believe otherwise, the legacy of conscious choices made long ago. During the years before and just after World War II, discoveries like leaded gasoline and DDT came to market, creating new hazards even as the expansion and mechanization of industry exacerbated old ones. Dangers still felt today--smog, pesticides, lead, chromium, chlorinated solvents, asbestos, even global warming--were already recognized by chemists, engineers, doctors, and business managers of that era. A few courageous individuals spoke out without compromise, but still more ignored scientific truth in pursuit of money and prestige. The Polluters reveals at last the crucial decisions that allowed environmental issues to be trumped by political agendas. It spotlights the leaders of the chemical industry and describes how they applied their economic and political power to prevent the creation of an effective system of environmental regulation. Research was slanted, unwelcome discoveries were suppressed, and friendly experts were placed in positions of influence, as science was subverted to serve the interests of business. The story of The Polluters is one that needs to be told, an unflinching depiction of the onslaught of chemical pollution and the chemical industry's unwillingness to face up to its devastating effects.
Progress Report, 1940-1941
Author: United States. National Resources Planning BoardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Regional planning
Languages : en
Pages : 98
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Progress Report, 1937
Author: United States. National Resources CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Regional planning
Languages : en
Pages : 438
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Progress Report
Author: United States. National Resources CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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Rockefeller of New York
Author: Robert H. ConneryPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501733818
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
This book is at once a history of Nelson A. Rockefeller's fifteen-year governorship and a balanced assessment of his performance. Reviewing in depth the mojor public policies initiated by the Rockefeller administration in New York between 1959 and 1973, the authors pinpoint the governor's successes and failures, and use them to probe the extent and limits of state executive power in our country today. Robert H. Connery and Gerald Benjamin appraise the massive efforts that were made across many complex policy areas—higher education, mental hygiene, drug control, low- and middle-income housing, mass transportation, conservation, and land-use planning. During the Rockefeller years, New York maintained its position as one of the nation's most progressive states. Rockefeller's great strengths, the authors say, lay in the quality of his leadership and in the unflinching way in which he drove the state to confront the major problems of his time. but they are critical of him for trying to do too much too fast. "The failure was one of perspective," they write. "It resulted from Rockefeller's inability to accept the limits of his circumstances, and thus to accept the cumulative consequences of his decisions." Rockefeller gave Connery and Benjamin complete access to his own papers and to those of the Executive Chamber. In addition, the authors gathered information by extensive interviews with political leaders and state officials of both parties as well as with journalists. They offer a compelling, rounded view of a controversial chief executive and a vigorous account of the ongoing, dynamic process of government.
Progress Report of the Temporary State Commission on Water Resources Planning
Author: New York (State). Temporary State Commission on Water Resources PlanningPublisher:
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Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Water for New York
Author: Roscoe C. MartinPublisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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