Includes bibliographical references and index.

Myths and methods -- "The treaty that worked; Almost" / W. Wayt Gibbs -- "Debt and the environment" / David Pearce, Neil Adger, David Maddison, and Dominic Moran -- "Risk analysis and management" / M. Granger Morgan -- "Shaping the future" / Steven W. Popper, Robert J. Lempert, and Steven C. Bankes -- Domestic troubles -- "Sound science?" / Marguerite Holloway -- "Wetlands" / Jon A. Kusler, William J. Mitsch, and Joseph S. Larson -- "Endangered : one endangered species act" / Tim Beardsley -- "The arctic oil and wildlife refuge" / W. Wayt Gibbs -- Tragic combatants : trade and the environment -- "Trade rules" / Marguerite Holloway -- "The case for free trade" / Jagdish Bhagwati -- "The perils of free trade" / Herman E. Daly -- "Rules of the game" / Tim Beardsley -- Brave new world -- "Ten years of the Chornobyl era" / Yuri M. Shcherbak -- "The case for electric vehicles" / Daniel Sperling -- "Under the microscope" / Daniel G. Dupont -- "Acting locally" / David Appell.