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| An Environmental Politics Timeline | |
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| List of Tables | |
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| List of Figures | |
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| Preface | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| A Historical Framework for Environmental Protection | |
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| Germination of an Idea: From the Colonial Period to 1900 | |
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| Progressive Reforms and Conservationism: 1900-1945 | |
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| Recreation and the Age of Ecology: Post-World War II to 1969 | |
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| Earth Days and Deregulation: 1970-1992 | |
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| Global Awareness and Gridlock: 1993-2000 | |
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| Another View, Another Voice: Republicans for Environmental Protection America | |
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| Rollback: 2001- | |
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| Participants in the Environmental Debate | |
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| Another View, Another Voice: Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus | |
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| U.S. Environmental Organizations | |
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| The Environmental Justice Movement | |
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| Radical Environmentalism | |
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| Environmental Opposition in the United States | |
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| The Role of the Media | |
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| Thinking Globally | |
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| Green Political Parties | |
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| International Governmental Organizations | |
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| Transnational Advocacy Networks | |
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| The Political Process | |
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| Presidential Leadership | |
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| Congressional Policy Making | |
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| Another View, Another Voice: Senator Harry Reid | |
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| The Executive Branch Agencies | |
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| Rulemaking | |
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| Courts and Environmental Politics | |
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| State and Local Policy Making | |
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| The Public Lands Debate | |
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| The Public Lands | |
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| "The Best Idea America Ever Had": The National Parks | |
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| Another View, Another Voice: Laurance S. Rockefeller | |
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| U.S. Forest Policy | |
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| Forests and Fires | |
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| Wilderness and Roadless Areas | |
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| Grazing Rights | |
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| Mining Law and Public Lands | |
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| Private Property and Public Lands | |
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| Trends in Land Use and Management | |
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| Waste and Toxics | |
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| The Nature of Waste: Generation and Disposal | |
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| The Universe of Wastes | |
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| Disposing of the Problem | |
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| RCRA and Superfund | |
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| Brownfields | |
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| Nuclear Waste | |
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| Another View, Another Voice: Nils J. Diaz | |
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| Cleaning Up Military Waste | |
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| Thinking Globally | |
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| American Policy Stalled: Too Little, Too Late | |
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| The Politics of Energy | |
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| The Energy Pie | |
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| Another View, Another Voice: Western Governors' Association | |
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| The Nuclear Power Debate | |
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| Cafe Standards | |
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| The History of Policy Paralysis | |
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| Thinking Globally | |
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| The Politics of Water | |
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| Another View, Another Voice: The Kugeria Women's Water Project | |
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| Trends in Water Use | |
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| Water Resource Management in the United States | |
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| Wetlands Protection | |
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| Everglades Restoration | |
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| The Nature and Causes of Water Pollution | |
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| The Politics of Water Quality | |
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| Toxic Contamination | |
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| Thinking Globally | |
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| Air Quality: Pollution and Solutions | |
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| The Components of Air Pollution | |
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| Air Quality and Health | |
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| Public Policy Responses | |
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| The Clear Skies Initiative | |
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| Another View, Another Voice: Lincoln Chafee | |
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| Toxic Air Pollutants | |
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| Visibility | |
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| Thinking Globally: Transboundary Air Pollution | |
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| Endangered Species and Biodiversity | |
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| Endangered Species | |
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| Protective Legislation | |
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| The Making of Wildlife Policy | |
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| Another View, Another Voice: Brian Schweitzer | |
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| The Role of Organized Interests | |
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| International Biodiversity Agreements and Policies | |
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| Protecting the World's Forests | |
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| The Global Commons | |
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| The Atmosphere | |
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| Global Climate Change | |
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| Stratospheric Ozone Depletion | |
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| U.S. Oceans Policy | |
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| Another View, Another Voice: Women Exploring the Ocean | |
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| Global Oceans Policy | |
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| UN Convention on the Law of the Sea | |
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| Population and Sustainability | |
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| The Role of the United States | |
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| Sustainable Development | |
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| Trends in Population and Projections | |
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| Global Population and Sustainability Efforts | |
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| Implications for Policy Makers | |
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| Another View, Another Voice: Samuel C. Johnson | |
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| Emerging Issues in Environmental Policy | |
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| Bushmeat | |
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| Climate Justice | |
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| Environmental Disasters | |
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| E-Waste | |
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| Outdoor Accessibility | |
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| Polluted Beaches | |
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| Major U.S. Environmental Legislation, 1947-2005 | |
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| Major International Environmental Agreements, 1900-2005 | |
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| Environmental Film Resources, 1995-2005 | |
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| Index | |