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Additional Resources

Watersheds: Classic Cases in Environmental Ethics. Lisa H. Newton and Catherine K. Dillingham. Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing,

1994. Watersheds 2: Ten Cases in Environmental Ethics. Lisa H. Newton and Catherine K. Dillingham. Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing, 1997.

Watersheds 3: Ten Cases in Environmental Ethics. Lisa H. Newton and Catherine K. Dillingham. Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing, 2002.

Watersheds 4: Ten Cases in Environmental Ethics. Lisa H. Newton, Catherine K. Dillingham, and Joanne Choly. Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing, 2006.

Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Environmental Issues. Thirteenth Edition. Thomas A. Easton (ed.). Dubuque, Iowa: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2009.