Course Description and Goals

Full course for one semester. What conceptual framework can we use to analyze ecological issues in today’s world? Do we as human beings have responsibility toward the environment? What impact does globalization have on the environment? How do political and economic development of societies influence and how are they influenced by the changes in the environment? How do ecological issues affect conflict and cooperation between and within states? In an attempt to shed light on these questions, the course analyzes structures, agents, and processes affecting global ecological politics in the first half. The second half focuses on examining contemporary issue areas including food, fish, forests, biodiversity; water, pollution, chemicals, and waste; energy, climate change, and ozone depletion; and potential future problems. Prerequisite: one upper division course in social sciences or history or consent of the instructor. Conference.

Students will learn to perform basic research and analysis through writing and thinking about events in world politics from multiple different perspectives. Readings are drawn from historic and contemporary scholars of international relations, cover a wide variety of issues, and are grouped together in conflicting pairs where possible. Assignments are a mixture of analysis, research, and experiential learning.

Requirements

Class Participation

Students will have the opportunity participate in the class both during and outside of classroom hours. Each student will be assigned to two days during the semester in which they will co-author a short memo comparing and contrasting that day’s readings and posing questions for discussion. These memos should be posted in the forums on the course website by 8 PM the day before the readings are to be discussed. The posters will also start off the next day’s session with a short presentation and will open up discussion. ALL students are required to read the memos and be prepared to answer the questions the next day in class; they are also encouraged to respond to the memos in the forum as part of their participation.

In addition, each student will find an outside article, book chapter, or report relevant to that week’s readings and individually write a short memo (about 500 words or so, longer is fine) discussing how that additional reading relates theoretically or empirically to the other materials. Please post the additional piece on Moodle (if electronic) or put it in my box (if not) by noon the day before class. Since the readings are usually divided up among the presenting students, a very good strategy is to pick a piece that is cited by, or cites, the reading that you are doing for the group memo so that you can bring that outside reading into the discussion. For example, it could be a piece discussing data that contradicts or updates some data presented in that week; a piece that discusses more in-depth particular aspects of a problem; or a piece that introduces a new perspective’s take (e.g., ecofeminism, deep ecology) on an issue or subject. If you are having trouble finding a piece, please contact me and I’ll be happy to assist. Your assigned weeks and your fellow presenters will be posted on Moodle.

Readings

Readings for the course are drawn from books available at the bookstore as well as E-Readings, which can be downloaded off the course website. For the lazy, the E-Readings can even be downloaded directly from the links on the syllabus. Readings marked “Further” are other relevant articles and book chapters; neither are required for class.

Six books are for sale at the bookstore and are also on reserve at the library; one book (Taking Sides) is only on reserve, and the last book (International Politics) is neither. The first five are required and will be used extensively throughout the course; the sixth (Environmental Peacemaking) is used for one class and therefore is recommended rather than required; the last two are optional since one (Taking Sides) is only for further reading and all of the relevant readings in the other (Art and Jervis) are available via E-Readings.

Required

• Pamela S. Chasek, David Leonard Downie, and Janet Welsh Brown (2005) Global environmental politics.  4th edition. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, Dilemmas in world politics, ISBN 0813343321;9780813343327
• Ken Conca and Geoffrey D. Dabelko, editors (2004) Green Planet Blues: Environmental Politics from Stockholm to Johannesburg.  3rd edition. Westview Press, ISBN 0813342007
• Ronnie D. Lipschutz (2004) Global Environmental Politics: Power, Perspectives, and Practice. Washington, D.C: CQ Press, ISBN 1568027494
• Bjørn Lomborg (2001) The skeptical environmentalist : measuring the real state of the world. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521010683
• Dennis Pirages and Theresa Manley DeGeest (2004) Ecological Security: An Evolutionary Perspective on Globalization. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, ISBN 0847695018

Recommended

• Ken Conca and Geoffrey D. Dabelko (2002) Environmental Peacemaking. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, ISBN 080187193X

Optional

• Thomas A Easton, editor (2007) Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Environmental Issues.  12th edition. McGraw-Hill, ISBN 007351442X
• Robert J. Art and Robert Jervis (2005) International Politics: Enduring Concepts and Contemporary Issues.  7th edition. New York: Pearson/Longman, ISBN 0321209478

Course Website

Frequent reading of the course website will be helpful for success in the class. Discussion and collaboration with your peers is available to you through the website as well as in class; supplemental and core readings will be made available there; and assignments will be turned in electronically using the site.

Assignments and Quals

There is one formal assignment for this course. More details regarding the assignment will be available later. If you intend to qual in this course, you must let me know the first day.

• The assignment (due the end of week 14) will be a longish (3000-3500 word) essay; non-seniors will present their assignments during the last class.

Citation and Plagiarism

A major goal of this course is to encourage good reading, research, and citation habits. Good research requires good documentation of sources and the ability to put one’s own analysis and thoughts into a paper rather than relying on others. Plagiarism and cheating are violations of academic integrity and thus violations of Reed’s Honor Principle. As specified by Reed’s academic conduct policy, such violations will result in disciplinary actions, including suspension or permanent dismissal from the College. For the purposes of this class, plagiarism is submitting a piece of work which in part or in whole is not entirely the student’s own work without attributing those same portions to their correct source. For more information see: <http://web.reed.edu/academic/gbook/comm˙pol/acad˙honesty.html>.

Accommodations

If you’d like to request academic accommodations due to a disability, please contact Assistant Dean of Student Services, Adrienne Wolf-Lockett, Eliot 109, (503)777-7534. If you have a letter from Student Services, please let me know so we can discuss those accommodations.

Schedule

01.Global Politics (26 Pages)

• J. David Singer (1960) International Conflict: Three Levels of Analysis. World Politics: A Quarterly Journal of International Relations. 12(3), 453–461 <EReadings/Singer1960International.pdf>, ISSN 00438871
• Kenneth N. Waltz (1979) Chap. 1 in Theory of International Politics.  1st edition. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill <EReadings/Waltz1979Theory001-017.pdf>, 1–17, ISBN 0201083493;0075548526

Review

• John J. Mearsheimer (2005) Anarchy and the Struggle for Power. In Art and Jervis, 50–60 <EReadings/ArtJervis2005International050-060.pdf>
• Robert Gilpin (2005) The Nature of Political Economy. In Art and Jervis, 281–297 <EReadings/ArtJervis2005International281-297.pdf>
• Jeffrey Frankel (2005) The Globalization of the International Economy. In Art and Jervis, 325–340 <EReadings/ArtJervis2005International325-340.pdf>
• Julian L. Simon (2005) The Infinite Supply of Natural Resources. In Art and Jervis, 531–538 <EReadings/ArtJervis2005International531-538.pdf>
• Thomas Homer-Dixon (2005) Cornucopians and Neo-Malthusians. In Art and Jervis, 539–541 <EReadings/ArtJervis2005International539-541.pdf>
• Thomas C. Schelling (2005) What Makes Greenhouse Sense? In Art and Jervis, 542–550 <EReadings/ArtJervis2005International542-550.pdf>
• Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink (2005) Transnational Activists Networks. In Art and Jervis, 551–557 <EReadings/ArtJervis2005International551-557.pdf>
• Alexander Wendt (1995) Constructing International Politics. International Security. 20(1), 71–81 <EReadings/Wendt1995Constructing.pdf>

02.Overview (175 Pages)

• Pamela S. Chasek, David Leonard Downie, and Janet Welsh Brown (2005) The Emergence of Global Environmental Politics. In Chasek, Downie and Brown Global environmental politics, 1–40
• Ken Conca and Geoffrey D. Dabelko (2004) Introduction: Three Decades of Global Environmental Politics. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 1–14
• Ronnie D. Lipschutz (2004) Preface. In Lipschutz Global Environmental Politics, ix–xii
• Ronnie D. Lipschutz (2004) What Are ”Global Environmental Politics?”. In Lipschutz Global Environmental Politics, 1–32
• Bjørn Lomborg (2001) Preface, Language and Measures. In Lomborg The skeptical environmentalist, xix–xxi
• Bjørn Lomborg (2001) Things are getting better. In Lomborg The skeptical environmentalist, 3–33
• Bjørn Lomborg (2001) Why do we hear so much bad news? In Lomborg The skeptical environmentalist, 34–44
• John Rennie (2002) Science defends itself against The Skeptical Environmentalist. In Lomborg Bjørn Lomborg’s comments, 1–3 <EReadings/Lomborg2002Bjorn001-003.pdf>
• David Pimentel (2002) Skeptical Of the Skeptical Environmentalist. Skeptic. 9(2), 90–94 <EReadings/Pimentel2002Skeptical.pdf>, ISBN 10639330
• Dennis Pirages and Theresa Manley DeGeest (2004) From International to Global Relations. In Pirages and DeGeest Ecological Security, 1–28
• John Rennie  et al. (2002) Misleading Math About The Earth. Scientific American. 286(1), 61–71 <EReadings/RennieSchneider2002Misleading.pdf>, ISBN 00368733

03.Paradigms (141 Pages)

• Ken Conca and Geoffrey D. Dabelko (2004) The Debate At Stockholm (Introduction). In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 15–23
• Donella H. Meadows  et al. (2004) The Limits to Growth. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 24–28
• Garrett Hardin (2004) The Tragedy of the Commons. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 37–44
• Susan J. Buck (2004) No Tragedy on the Commons. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 45–53
• William Ophuls (2004) The Scarcity Society. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 54–60
• Sheila Jasanoff (2004) Skinning Scientific Cats. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 179–182
• Ronnie D. Lipschutz (2004) Deconstructing ”Global Environment”. In Lipschutz Global Environmental Politics, 33–86
• Ronnie D. Lipschutz (2004) Civic Politics and Social Power: Environmental Politics ”On the Ground”. In Lipschutz Global Environmental Politics, 132–176

Further

• Nancy Myers and John D. Graham (2007) Is the Precautionary Principle a Sound Basis for International Policy? In Easton, 2–19 <EReadings/Easton2007Taking01.pdf>
• Jim Morrison, Marino Gatto, and Giulio A. De Leo (2007) Should a Price Be Put on the Goods and Services Provided by the World’s Ecosystems? In Easton, 34–53 <EReadings/Easton2007Taking03.pdf>

04.Agents (166 Pages)

• Pamela S. Chasek, David Leonard Downie, and Janet Welsh Brown (2005) Actors in the Environmental Arena. In Chasek, Downie and Brown Global environmental politics, 41–96
• Ken Conca and Geoffrey D. Dabelko (2004) Ecology And The Structure Of The International System (Introduction). In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 61–70
• Ken Conca (2004) Rethinking the Ecology-Sovereignty Debate. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 71–81
• Ethirajan Anbarasan (2004) Kenya’s Green Militant: An Interview with Wangari Muta Maathai. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 99–106
• Mary L. Barker and Dietrich Soyez (2004) Think Locally, Act Globally? The Transnationalization of Canadian Resource-Use Conflicts. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 107–121
• Paul Wapner (2004) Politics Beyond the State: Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 122–140
• Ronnie D. Lipschutz (2004) The National Origins of International Environmental Policies and Practices: ”My Country Is in the World”. In Lipschutz Global Environmental Politics, 177–223

Further

• Chico Mendes and Tony Gross (2004) Fight for the Forest. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 94–98
• Karen T. Litfin (1997) Sovereignty in World Ecopolitics. Mershon International Studies Review. 41(2), 167–204 <EReadings/Litfin1997Sovereignty.pdf>

05.Regimes (143 Pages)

• Frederick H. Buttel (2000) World Society, the Nation-State, and Environmental Protection: Comment on Frank, Hironaka, and Schofer. American Sociological Review. 65(1), 117–121 <EReadings/Buttel2000World.pdf>, ISSN 00031224
• Pamela S. Chasek, David Leonard Downie, and Janet Welsh Brown (2005) The Development of Environmental Regimes: Eleven Case Studies (Introduction). In Chasek, Downie and Brown Global environmental politics, 97–100
• Pamela S. Chasek, David Leonard Downie, and Janet Welsh Brown (2005) Effective Environmental Regimes: Obstacles and Opportunities. In Chasek, Downie and Brown Global environmental politics, 197–232
• Ken Conca and Geoffrey D. Dabelko (2004) The Prospects For International Environmental Cooperation (Introduction). In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 141–146
• United Nations Environment Programme (2004) Multilateral Environmental Agreements: A Summary. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 147–155
• James Gustav Speth (2004) Perspective on the Johannesburg Summit. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 156–163
• Richard E. Bissell (2004) A Participatory Approach to Strategic Planning. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 164–170
• World Summit on Sustainable Development (2004) Excerpt from The Jo’Burg Memo: Fairness in a Fragile World. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 171–178
• David John Frank, Ann Hironaka, and Evan Schofer (2000) Environmentalism as a Global Institution: Reply to Buttel. American Sociological Review. 65(1), 122–127 <EReadings/FrankHironaka2000Environmentalism.pdf>, ISSN 00031224
• David John Frank, Ann Hironaka, and Evan Schofer (2000) The Nation-State and the Natural Environment over the Twentieth Century. American Sociological Review. 65(1), 96–116 <EReadings/FrankHironaka2000The-nation-state.pdf>
• Ronald B. Mitchell (2003) International Environmental Agreements: A Survey of Their Features, Formation, and Effects. Annual Review of Environment and Resources. 28(1), 429–461 <EReadings/Mitchell2003International.pdf>

06.Globalization (129 Pages)

• Pamela S. Chasek, David Leonard Downie, and Janet Welsh Brown (2005) Economics, Development and the Future of Environmental Politics (Introduction). In Chasek, Downie and Brown Global environmental politics, 233–233
• Pamela S. Chasek, David Leonard Downie, and Janet Welsh Brown (2005) North-South Inequalities and the Environment. In Chasek, Downie and Brown Global environmental politics, 234–242
• Pamela S. Chasek, David Leonard Downie, and Janet Welsh Brown (2005) Trade and the Environment. In Chasek, Downie and Brown Global environmental politics, 243–260
• Lyuba Zarsky (2004) Stuck in the Mud? Nation-States, Globalization, and Environment. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 82–93
• Ken Conca and Geoffrey D. Dabelko (2004) Institutions As Though The Earth Mattered (Introduction). In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 183–189
• Tony Juniper (2004) Presentation to the World Trade Organization Symposium. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 190–199
• Daniel C. Esty (2004) Environment and the Trading System: Picking up the Post-Seattle Pieces. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 200–209
• Frances Seymour and Navroz K. Dubash (2004) World Bank’s Environmental Reform Agenda. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 210–215
• Ismail Serageldin and Andrew Steer (2004) Expanding the Capital Stock. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 216–221
• World Bank Inspection Panel (2004) Report and Findings on the Qinghai Project: Executive Summary. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 222–226
• Ronnie D. Lipschutz (2004) Capitalism, Globalization, and the Environment. In Lipschutz Global Environmental Politics, 87–131

07.Development (113 Pages)

• Pamela S. Chasek, David Leonard Downie, and Janet Welsh Brown (2005) Environment and Development. In Chasek, Downie and Brown Global environmental politics, 261–270
• Joao Augusto de Araujo Castro (2004) Environment and Development: The Case of the Developing Countries. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 29–36
• Ken Conca and Geoffrey D. Dabelko (2004) The Sustainability Debate (Introduction). In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 227–233
• World Commission on Environment and Development (2004) Towards Sustainable Development. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 234–245
• Larry Lohmann (2004) Whose Common Future? In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 246–251
• Sharachchandra M. Lélé (2004) Sustainable Development: A Critical Review. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 252–264
• Björn Stigson (2004) Walking the Talk: The Business Case for Sustainable Development. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 265–274
• Alan Durning (2004) How Much Is Enough? In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 275–282
• Bjørn Lomborg (2001) Prosperity. In Lomborg The skeptical environmentalist, 70–86
• Dennis Pirages and Theresa Manley DeGeest (2004) Ecologically Secure Development. In Pirages and DeGeest Ecological Security, 189–210

Further

• Jeremy Rifkin and Ronald Bailey (2007) Is Sustainable Development Compatible With Human Welfare? In Easton, 20–33

09.Population (143 Pages)

• Ken Conca and Geoffrey D. Dabelko (2004) From Ecological Conflict To Environmental Security? (Introduction). In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 283–289
• Thomas F. Homer-Dixon (2004) Environmental Scarcities and Violent Conflict: Evidence from Cases. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 290–302
• Daniel Deudney (2004) The Case against Linking Environmental Degradation and National Security. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 303–313
• Adil Najam (2004) The Human Dimensions of Environmental Insecurity. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 314–324
• Somaya Saad (2004) For Whose Benefit? Redefining Security. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 325–327
• Balakrishnan Rajagopal (2004) The Violence of Development. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 328–330
• Gita Sen (2004) Women, Poverty, and Population: Issues for the Concerned Environmentalist. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 358–367
• United Nations Population Fund (2004) Footprints and Milestones: Population and Environmental Change. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 368–372
• Robert D. Kaplan (1994) The Coming Anarchy. Atlantic Monthly. 273(2), 44–76 <EReadings/Kaplan1994The-Coming.pdf>, ISSN 1072–7825
• Bjørn Lomborg (2001) Measuring human welfare. In Lomborg The skeptical environmentalist, 45–49
• Bjørn Lomborg (2001) Life expectancy and health. In Lomborg The skeptical environmentalist, 50–59
• John Bongaarts (2002) Population: Ignoring its Impact. In Lomborg Bjørn Lomborg’s comments, 20–25 <EReadings/Lomborg2002Bjorn020-025.pdf>
• Dennis Pirages and Theresa Manley DeGeest (2004) Demographic Change and Ecological Insecurity. In Pirages and DeGeest Ecological Security, 29–54

Further

• Michael Meyer and David Nicholson-Lord (2007) Do Falling Birth Rates Pose a Threat to Human Welfare? In Easton, 234–247
• Colin H. Kahl (1998) Population Growth, Environmental Degradation, and State-Sponsored Violence: The Case of Kenya, 1991-93. International Security. 23(2), 80–119 <EReadings/Kahl1998Population.pdf>

10.Food, Fish, Forests, + Biodiversity (162 Pages)

• Pamela S. Chasek, David Leonard Downie, and Janet Welsh Brown (2005) Whaling. In Chasek, Downie and Brown Global environmental politics, 143–150
• Pamela S. Chasek, David Leonard Downie, and Janet Welsh Brown (2005) International Trade in Endangered Species. In Chasek, Downie and Brown Global environmental politics, 151–158
• Pamela S. Chasek, David Leonard Downie, and Janet Welsh Brown (2005) Biodiversity Loss. In Chasek, Downie and Brown Global environmental politics, 159–166
• Pamela S. Chasek, David Leonard Downie, and Janet Welsh Brown (2005) Fisheries Depletion. In Chasek, Downie and Brown Global environmental politics, 167–174
• Pamela S. Chasek, David Leonard Downie, and Janet Welsh Brown (2005) Desertification. In Chasek, Downie and Brown Global environmental politics, 175–180
• Pamela S. Chasek, David Leonard Downie, and Janet Welsh Brown (2005) Forests. In Chasek, Downie and Brown Global environmental politics, 181–189
• Bjørn Lomborg (2001) Food and hunger. In Lomborg The skeptical environmentalist, 60–69
• Bjørn Lomborg (2001) Conclusion. In Lomborg The skeptical environmentalist, 87–90
• Bjørn Lomborg (2001) Are we living on borrowed time? In Lomborg The skeptical environmentalist, 91–92
• Bjørn Lomborg (2001) Will we have enough food. In Lomborg The skeptical environmentalist, 93–109
• Bjørn Lomborg (2001) Forests - are we losing them? In Lomborg The skeptical environmentalist, 110–117
• Bjørn Lomborg (2001) Acid rain and forest death. In Lomborg The skeptical environmentalist, 178–181
• Bjørn Lomborg (2001) Biodiversity. In Lomborg The skeptical environmentalist, 249–257
• Thomas Lovejoy (2002) Biodiversity: Dismissing Scientific Process. In Lomborg Bjørn Lomborg’s comments, 26–32 <EReadings/Lomborg2002Bjorn026-032.pdf>
• Dennis Pirages and Theresa Manley DeGeest (2004) The Political Economy of Feast and Famine. In Pirages and DeGeest Ecological Security, 111–138
• Dennis Pirages and Theresa Manley DeGeest (2004) Globalization and Biosecurity. In Pirages and DeGeest Ecological Security, 139–164

Further

• David N. Laband and Howard Youth (2007) Is Biodiversity Overprotected? In Easton, 54–69
• Gerald D. Coleman and Sean McDonagh (2007) Is Genetic Engineering the Answer to Hunger? In Easton, 248–259
• Robert R. Warner and Michel J. Kaiser (2007) Are Marine Reserves Needed to Protect Global Fisheries? In Easton, 260–279
• M. J. Peterson (1992) Whalers, Cetologists, Environmentalists, and the International Management of Whaling. International Organization. 46(1), 147–186 <EReadings/Peterson1992Whalers.pdf>

11.Water, Pollution, Chemicals, + Waste (176 Pages)

• Pamela S. Chasek, David Leonard Downie, and Janet Welsh Brown (2005) Transboundary Air Pollution. In Chasek, Downie and Brown Global environmental politics, 101–105
• Pamela S. Chasek, David Leonard Downie, and Janet Welsh Brown (2005) International Toxic Waste Trade. In Chasek, Downie and Brown Global environmental politics, 128–133
• Pamela S. Chasek, David Leonard Downie, and Janet Welsh Brown (2005) Toxic Chemicals. In Chasek, Downie and Brown Global environmental politics, 134–142
• Erika Weinthal (2002) The Promises and Pitfalls of Environmental Peacemaking in the Aral Sea Basin. In Conca and Dabelko Environmental Peacemaking, 86–119
• Pamela M. Doughman (2002) Water Cooperation in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region. In Conca and Dabelko Environmental Peacemaking, 190–219
• Bjørn Lomborg (2001) Water. In Lomborg The skeptical environmentalist, 149–158
• Bjørn Lomborg (2001) Air pollution. In Lomborg The skeptical environmentalist, 163–177
• Bjørn Lomborg (2001) Indoor air pollution. In Lomborg The skeptical environmentalist, 182–184
• Bjørn Lomborg (2001) Allergies and asthma. In Lomborg The skeptical environmentalist, 185–188
• Bjørn Lomborg (2001) Water pollution. In Lomborg The skeptical environmentalist, 189–205
• Bjørn Lomborg (2001) Waste: running out of space? In Lomborg The skeptical environmentalist, 206–209
• Bjørn Lomborg (2001) Conclusion. In Lomborg The skeptical environmentalist, 210–214
• Bjørn Lomborg (2001) Our chemical fears. In Lomborg The skeptical environmentalist, 215–248

Further

• Charles W. Schmidt and Brian Tokar (2007) Can Pollution Rights Trading Effectively Control Environmental Problems? In Easton, 92–107
• Anne Platt McGinn and Donald R. Roberts (2007) Should DDT Be Banned Worldwide? In Easton, 280–301
• Michele L. Trankina and Michael Gough (2007) Do Environmental Hormone Mimics Pose a Potentially Serious Health Threat? In Easton, 302–318
• Robert H. Harris and Margot Roosevelt (2007) Is the Superfund Program Successfully Protecting the Environment from Hazardous Wastes? In Easton, 319–330

12.Energy, Climate Change, + Ozone (214 Pages)

• Pamela S. Chasek, David Leonard Downie, and Janet Welsh Brown (2005) Ozone Depletion. In Chasek, Downie and Brown Global environmental politics, 106–114
• Pamela S. Chasek, David Leonard Downie, and Janet Welsh Brown (2005) Climate Change. In Chasek, Downie and Brown Global environmental politics, 115–127
• Emma Duncan (2006) The Heat is On: a Survey of Climate Change. Economist. 380(8494), 1–16 <EReadings/Duncan2006The-Heat.pdf>
• Peter M. Haas (1992) Banning Chlorofluorocarbons: Epistemic Community Efforts to Protect Stratospheric Ozone. International Organization. 46(1), 187–224 <EReadings/Haas1992Banning.pdf>
• Bjørn Lomborg (2001) Energy. In Lomborg The skeptical environmentalist, 118–136
• Bjørn Lomborg (2001) Conclusion. In Lomborg The skeptical environmentalist, 159–162
• Bjørn Lomborg (2001) Global warming. In Lomborg The skeptical environmentalist, 258–326
• Stephen Schneider (2002) Global Warming: Neglecting the Complexities. In Lomborg Bjørn Lomborg’s comments, 4–14 <EReadings/Lomborg2002Bjorn004-014.pdf>
• John P. Holdren (2002) Energy: Asking the Wrong Question. In Lomborg Bjørn Lomborg’s comments, 15–19 <EReadings/Lomborg2002Bjorn015-019.pdf>
• Dennis Pirages and Theresa Manley DeGeest (2004) Global Energy Politics: Cycles of Insecurity. In Pirages and DeGeest Ecological Security, 81–110

Further

• Jerald L. Schnoor and Bush Administration (2007) Should the U.S. Be Doing More to Combat Global Warming? In Easton, 152–169
• David L. Bodde and Michael Behar (2007) Will Hydrogen End Our Fossil-Fuel Addiction? In Easton, 170–189
• Michael J. Wallace and Editors of Public Citizen (2007) Is It Time to Revive Nuclear Power? In Easton, 208–233
• Phillip J. Finck and Matthew Bunn (2007) Should the United States Reprocess Spent Nuclear Fuel? In Easton, 331–349

13.The Future (103 Pages)

• Pamela S. Chasek, David Leonard Downie, and Janet Welsh Brown (2005) Conclusion: The Prospects for Global Environmental Politics. In Chasek, Downie and Brown Global environmental politics, 271–278
• Ken Conca and Geoffrey D. Dabelko (2004) Ecological Justice (Introduction). In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 331–338
• Coordinating Body for the Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA) (2004) Two Agendas on Amazon Development. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 339–345
• Nancy Lee Peluso (2004) Coercing Conservation. In Conca and Dabelko Green Planet Blues, 346–357
• Ronnie D. Lipschutz (2004) Global Environmental Politics and You: ”The World Is My Country”. In Lipschutz Global Environmental Politics, 224–244
• Bjørn Lomborg (2001) Predicament or progress? In Lomborg The skeptical environmentalist, 327–352
• Dennis Pirages and Theresa Manley DeGeest (2004) Governance and Ecological Security. In Pirages and DeGeest Ecological Security, 211–228
• Dennis Pirages and Theresa Manley DeGeest (2004) Epilogue: Ten Steps to Enhanced Ecological Security. In Pirages and DeGeest Ecological Security, 229–231