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Author:
Jenkins, Jerry (Jerry C.)
Title:
Climate change in the Adirondacks : the path to sustainability / Jerry Jenkins ; foreword by Bill McKibben.
Publisher:
Comstock Pub. Associates,
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
xv, 183 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm.
Subject:
Climatic changes--Adirondack Mountains Region.--Adirondack Mountains Region.
Energy consumption--Environmental aspects--Adirondack Mountains Region.--Adirondack Mountains Region.
Energy policy--Environmental aspects--Adirondack Mountains Region.--Adirondack Mountains Region.
Sustainable development--Environmental aspects--Adirondack Mountains Region.--Adirondack Mountains Region.
Environmental policy--Adirondack Mountains Region.--Adirondack Mountains Region.
Adirondack Mountains Region (N.Y.)--Environmental conditions.
Other Authors:
Wildlife Conservation Society (New York, N.Y.)
Notes:
"A project of the Wildlife Conservation Society Adirondack Program." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction : we have a climate problem -- The weather is changing -- The climate problem is an energy problem -- How much could the Adirondacks change? -- What we might lose -- Biology and recreation are changing -- Assessment : Adirondack carbon emissions -- Reduction : low-carbon transport -- Reduction : low-carbon buildings -- Replacement : low-carbon energy -- Offsets : carbon in Adirondack forests -- Can the Adirondacks become energy independent? -- How can we finance energy independence? -- The path forward -- Appendix : calculating energy and emissions.
ISBN:
0801476518 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780801476518 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN:
2009053992
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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