Index - G

Gas drilling. See Oil and gas drilling

GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade), 11

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), 11

General circulation models (GCMs), 30-31

Geology and acid rain deposition, 131

Geopressurized reservoirs, 201

Geothermal energy, 200-203, 201f, 202f

Giardia lamblia, 123

"Global Biodiversity Strategy," 182-183

Global Deception: The Exaggeration of the Global Warming Threat (Michaels), 31

Global warming. See Climate change

Gold mining, 187

Government regulations
     acid rain, 136-137
     antiregulatory movement, 5
     Clinton, Bill, 35-36
     corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards, 89-90
     drinking water, 119-121
     economic impact, 3-5
     environmental and wildlife protection acts, major, 8t
     hazardous waste disposal, 54, 56
     job loss and, 4
     landfills, 61-63
     lead levels, 148-149
     litigation, 5-6
     nonhazardous waste disposal, 58
     ocean dumping, 119
     wetlands protection, 179
     See also Legislation and international treaties

Grand Canyon Protection Act, 106

Grasslands, 173f

Grazing, 176

Great Lakes, 113

Green design, 63

Greenhouse effect
     Arrhenius, Svante, 23-24
     illustrated, 24f
     natural vs. enhanced, 23
     See also Climate change; Ozone depletion

Greenhouse gases
     airplanes, 94-95
     atmospheric concentration, 25t
     carbon dioxide, 31
     economic sectors, 27(f2.2)
     emissions, 24, 26t, 31f
     engineered gases, 32-33
     methane, 31-32, 35f
     nitrous oxide, 32, 36f, 37f
     See also Climate change; Ozone depletion

Ground-level ozone, 79-80

Groundwater, 103, 104f, 105(f6.4), 107f, 116-117, 117f, 123-124

Gulf of Mexico, 150, 151f

Gulf War Syndrome, 166-167

Gypsy moths, 173