“Look around at any city and you’ll see it,” says Louise Bedsworth ’96: the neighborhoods sliced by freeways, dominated by factories, buzzing with trucks and haulers, or marked by neglect. In ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Since the dawn of civilization, humans have transformed the environment to accommodate ...

Environmental engineering combines scientific and engineering principles to improve and maintain the environment in order to protect human health, natural resources, and natural environments.

Protecting the environment is the right thing to do for people and the planet, and it’s also the law. Environmental laws regulate environmental protection, from air and water quality to waste ...