How serious is the global environmental crisis? Climate change is a serious problem / Current Events ; Climate change is not a catastrophe / Kevin Berger ; Increasing air pollution is creating atmospheric brown clouds / United Nations Environment Programme ; The health of the world's oceans is rapidly declining / Pew Environmental Group ; The world is facing a global water crisis / Maude Barlow ; Overpopulation is the central environmental crisis facing the world / Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich -- Is global warming a real threat? Chapter overview / Robert S. Boyd ; Global warming is the greatest threat humans have ever faced / Bill McKibben ; Global warming could lead to world poverty and war / Brad Knickerbocker ; It may already be too late to save the planet from global warming / Michael McCarthy ; Global warming is not a crisis / Philip Stott ; There is no scientific consensus on global warming / Wes Vernon ; The United Nations' climate reports are full of errors / Christopher Monckton ; Global warming is a myth / Walter Starck -- Is biodiversity loss a major concern? Chapter overview / Anup Shah ; Biocide is a bigger threat than global warming / Rebecca Sato ; Human health depends on plant and animal biodiversity / United Nations Development Programme ; Marine biodiversity is at great risk / Nancy Knowlton ; Biodiversity loss has been greatly exaggerated / Sustainable Development Network ; Some species should be allowed to become extinct / Murray Whyte ; Species preservation must be balanced with competing human needs / David Stirling -- What steps are necessary to better protect the environment? The new U.S. president must undo the George W. Bush's administration's environmental policies / Emily Bazelon and Paul Sabin ; The world must curtail greenhouse emissions even faster than previously thought / Robin McKie ; Biodiversity hotspots must be protected / E.O. Wilson ; Market incentives can solve environmental problems / Fred Krupp ; The market cannot solve the environmental crisis / Tony Iltis ; The economy must be reshaped to save the earth / New Scientist ; The current economic crisis provides opportunities to create a sustainable global economy / Jonathan Lash.
