Index 341
N
Naess, Arne, 105, 151, 158, 161–62
NAPAP. See National Acid Precipitation Assessment
Program
NASA. See National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
National Academy of Sciences, 179
National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program
(NAPAP), 167
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA), 173
National Ambient Air Quality Standards, 135
National Association of Realtors, 160–61
National Audubon’s Living Oceans Program, 197
National Board of Health, 39
National Congress of American Indians (NCAI),
255–59
National Conservation Commission Report, 68,
81–82
national contingency plan, 154
national economic development, 22
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 115, 124,
132, 143
National Geographic documentary, 252
national hazardous substance response plan, 155
National Irrigation Congress, 79–81
national policy, 140, 167
National Safety Council’s (NSC), 215
National Wilderness Preservation System, 112
National Wildlife Refuge System, 77, 159
nation, growth of, 21–22
Native Americans: nature and, 23; population, 3;
rights, 95–96
Natural Abundance of Terra Florida, 7
natural ecosystems, 144
natural environment, 135
natural gas, petroleum and, 111
naturalization laws, of United States, 49
natural methods, 210
natural resources, 158–59, 308; conservation of, 84, 85
Natural Resources Council of America, 105
Natural Resources Defense Council, 116, 179
natural selection, 308; theory of, 55
natural systems, 269, 270
nature: balance of, 119; biblical views of, 4–5;
concepts of, 219; conservation, 144; economy of,
92; Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 43–44; essay on, 43;
god and, 17; harmonious relationship with, 158;
and humanity, 4–5, 43; laws of, 13, 15, 19, 30;
manipulation of, 153; and Native Americans, 23;
need for contact with, 40; relationship between
humans and, 87–88, 92, 116, 190; spirituality of,
53; virgil’s pastoral view of, 5
Nature Conservancy, 87
“navigable waters,” definition of, 211
negative action forms, 98
negative component, 129
neglect of manures, 29
NEPA. See National Environmental Policy Act
New Deal public works programs, 86
Newport, town of, 12
New York: frontiersman, 23; Love Canal in, 248;
Madison Square in, 44; and Philadelphia, 37;
PlaNYC 2030, 232–33; on sewage and disease, 52;
sugar maple in, 27–28
New York State Senate, 93
NGOs. See non-governmental organizations
NIMBY. See not-in-my-backyard
nitrogen pollution, 271
Nixon administration, 142
Nixon, Richard, 115, 132, 134–35
noble savage, 25–26
non-governmental organizations (NGOs), 41, 204
non-irrigible lands, 65–66
non-renewable resources, 144
Nordhaus, Ted, 206, 217–21, 269
North America: conservation, 68; inhabitants of, 1;
landscape of, 2; Pacific coasts of, 2
North American Conservation Conference, 69
not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY), 153
NSC. See National Safety Council’s
nsecticides, 120
nuclear, 260; energy, 109–11, 163–64, 178; power,
163–64, 244; resource policy and technology in,
88; testing, 115; weapons testing, 123
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 115, 123
nuisances, common law of, 91
numerous synthetic materials, 87O
Obama, Barack, 205, 253–55; administrations, 189,
204, 279
Occupational Safety and Health Act, 156
ocean acidification, 203
Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG), 282
Ohio Constitution, 91
oil: Americans imported, 117; consumption, 237;
depletion on national security, 109; and hazardous
substances, 155; imports, 114; pollution, 135;
production, 109–10; shale, 109; spills, 135