TAPS (Trans-Alaska Pipeline System), 188
Taxpayer Relief Acts, 68
Texas
Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, 176
Kennedy Heights neighborhood, 7
Thermochemical conversion, 195
Tidal power, 200
Title IV, Civil Rights Act of 1964, 7
Title IV, Clean Air Act Amendments, 136-137
Title IV, Toxic Substances Control Act, 148
Title VI, Clean Air Act Amendments, 49-50
Tobacco, 157-161, 158t, 159t, 160t
Topography and acid rain deposition, 131
Tourism, 180
Toxic Substances Control Act, Title IV, 148
Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), 56, 86, 142, 144t, 145t
Toxins
asbestos, 151-152, 153(f8.6)
chemical and biological weapons, 166-167
electromagnetic fields, 155-157, 156f, 157f
fish, 187
fluoride, 150-151, 152f
food toxins, 163-166
health effects, 141
indoor air, 161-162
noise pollution, 162-163
radiation exposure, 153(f8.7)
radon, 152-155, 154f
tobacco, 157-161, 158t, 159t, 160t
See also Chemical toxins
Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), 188
Transborder pollution, 98-99
Transportation, U.S. Department of, 89-90
Transportation Equity Act for the Twenty-First Century, 186
Travel and tourism, 109
Treatment, drinking water, 123-124, 125f
Trees. See Forests
Trends in Precipitation Chemistry in the United States, 1983-1994 (USGS), 138
TRI. See Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
Tropical rain forests, 170-171, 189, 189t
Tropospheric ozone, 44f
Twentieth century
environmental activism, 1-2
municipal solid waste, 59-60
Two Decades of Clean Air: EPA Assesses Costs and Benefits (EPA), 97
User Comments Add a comment…