Includes bibliographical references and index.

Air pollution continues to be a serious problem / American Lung Association -- Air pollution is not a serious problem / Joel Schwartz -- Electronic waste is a serious problem / Kurk Marko -Producer responsibility can limit the impact of electronic waste / Beverly Thorpe -- Plastic debris is polluting the world's oceans / Richard Grant -- The quantity and impact of plastic debris in the world's oceans is unknown / Carl Bialik -- Pharmaceuticals may be poisoning America's drinking water / Patricia Frank -- Clean coal technologies can reduce carbon dioxide emissions / Robert S. Giglio -- Clean coal technology will not reduce air pollution / Jeff Biggers -- Plug-in electric vehicles will reduce air pollution / Siena Kaplan, Brad Heavner, and Rob Sargent -- Plug-in electric vehicles will increase air pollution / James R. Healey -- Biofuels have the potential to reduce polluting greenhouse gas emissions / World Policy Institute -- Ethanol increases pollution / Sasha Lilley -- Nuclear power will reduce air pollution / Nuclear Energy Institute -- Nuclear power will hinder efforts to reduce air pollution / Travis Madsen, Tony Dutzik, Bernadette Del Chiaro, and Rob Sargent -- Consumer-purchased carbon offsets will reduce carbon emissions / Robert H. Frank -- Consumer-purchased carbon offsets do not always reduce carbon emissions / Doug Struck -- Recycling innovation will reduce e-waste pollution / Valerie Thomas -- Green urban stormwater infrastructure can reduce waterway pollution / Nancy Stoner -- Increased federal oversight of offshore oil drilling is necessary to prevent pollution / Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA) -- Offshore oil drilling technologies are too challenging to regulate / Kenneth Rogoff -- Federally mandated cap-and-trade policies will reduce air pollution / John Podesta -- Federally mandated cap-and-trade policies will not reduce air pollution / Kenneth Green -- The US government should subsidize liquid fuel production from coal / John N. Ward -- The US government should not subsidize liquid fuel production from coal / David G. Hawkins.

This volume explores topics relating to environmental pollution by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise these issues. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking and reading skills that are essential in a culture of diverse and contradictory opinions.