Featured Books & eBooks - Energy & Environmental Policy
Cheap and Clean: How Americans Think About Energy in the Age of Global Warming by Call Number: HD9502.5.C543 U624ISBN: 9780262529686Publication Date: 2016How do Americans think about energy? Is the debate over fossil fuels highly partisan and ideological? Does public opinion about fossil fuels and alternative energies divide along the fault between red states and blue states? And how much do concerns about climate change weigh on their opinions? In Cheap and Clean, Stephen Ansolabehere and David Konisky show that Americans are more pragmatic than ideological in their opinions about energy alternatives, more unified than divided about their main concerns, and more local than global in their approach to energy.
Energy Policy in the U.S.: Politics, Challenges and Prospects for Change by Call Number: HD9502.U52 G47ISBN: 9781439841891Publication Date: 2011In an effort to provide greater awareness of the necessary policy decisions facing our elected and appointed officials, Energy Policy in the U.S. presents an overview of the legislative process and important energy policies in the United States, including their history, goals, methods of action, and consequences.
Greenhouse Governance: Addressing Climate Change in America by ISBN: 9780815704652Publication Date: 2010Public deliberation over climate change has traditionally been dominated by the natural and physical sciences. Issues of governance have received short shrift in the conversation, but they absolutely must be addressed as we respond to this unprecedented challenge. Greenhouse Governance brings a much-needed public policy mindset to discussion of climate change in America.
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Rahm, Dianne. Climate Change Policy in the United States: The Science, the Politics, and the Prospects for Change. (2010) - QC903.2.U6 R34
Derber, Charles. Greed to Green: Solving Climate Change and Remaking the Economy. (2010) - HC79.E5 D454
Rabe, Barry. Statehouse and Greenhouse: The Emerging Politics of American Climate Change Policy. (2004) - eBook
Brown, Donald. American Heat: Ethical Problems with the United States' Response to Global Warming. (2002) - QC981.8.G56 B75
Web Resources
Security & Sustainability Forum. Juliana vs. U.S. - The Youth Climate Suit. (2019)
Security & Sustainability Forum. Bipartisan Conversation on Pricing Carbon Emissions. (2018)
Security & Sustainability Forum. Values, Democracy and Solutions for a Changing Planet. (2018)
Security & Sustainability Forum. Climate, Education and Democracy. (2017)
The Environmental Policy Paradox (7th Ed.) by ISBN: 9781138653702Publication Date: 2017The Environmental Policy Paradox provides an introduction to the policy-making process in the United States with regard to air, water, land use, agriculture, energy, and waste disposal, while introducing readers to both global and international environmental issues and institutions. The text explains why some environmental ideas shape policy while others do not, and illustrates that even when the best short- and long-term solutions to environmental problems are identified, the task of implementing these solutions is often left undone or is completed too late.
American Environmental Policy: The Failures of Compliance, Abatement and Mitigation by Call Number: GE180 .P775ISBN: 9781781001455Publication Date: 2015More than 40 years after the United States launched bold efforts to curb pollution and waste, American environmental management has stalled. Drawing extensively on recent environmental science, engineering, regulatory agency data and trade information, Daniel Press explores how environmental management in the U.S. has fallen short of its early promise and reputation and argues that policies need to be redesigned for the 21st century.
The Promise of Wilderness: American Environmental Politics since 1964 by Call Number: HC110.E5 T87ISBN: 9780295991757Publication Date: 2012From Denali's majestic slopes to the Great Swamp of central New Jersey, protected wilderness areas make up nearly twenty percent of the parks, forests, wildlife refuges, and other public lands that cover a full fourth of the nation's territory. But wilderness is not only a place. It is also one of the most powerful and troublesome ideas in American environmental thought, representing everything from sublime beauty and patriotic inspiration to a countercultural ideal and an overextension of government authority. The Promise of Wilderness examines how the idea of wilderness has shaped the management of public lands since the passage of the Wilderness Act in 1964.
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Elkind, Sarah. How Local Politics Shape Federal Policy: Business, Power & the Environment in Twentieth Century Los Angeles. (2011) - eBook
Breton, Albert (Ed.). Governing the Environment: Salient Institutional Issues. (2009) - eBook
Klyza, Christopher McGrory. American Environmental Policy, 1990-2006: Beyond Gridlock . (2008) - GE180 .K59
Eisner, Marc Allen. Governing the Environment: The Transformation of Environmental Regulation. (2007) - GE180 .E47
van den Bergh, Jeroen. Evolutionary Economics & Environmental Policy: Survival of the Greenest. (2007) - eBook
Fiorino, Daniel. New Environmental Regulation. (2006) - eBook
Schoenbrod, David. Saving Our Environment from Washington: How Congress Grabs Power, Shirks Responsibility, and Shortchanges the People. (2005) - eBook
Durant, Robert; Daniel Fiorino; & Rosemary O'Leary. Environmental Governance Reconsidered: Challenges, Choices & Opportunities. (2004) - eBook
Rothenberg, Lawrence. Environmental Choices: Policy Responses to Green Demands. (2002) - GE180 .R67
CQ Researcher. CQ Researcher on Saving the Environment. (2001) - TD171 .C69
Cool Cities: Urban Sovereignty and the Fix for Global Warming by ISBN: 9780300224207Publication Date: 2017Climate change is the most urgent challenge we face in an interdependent world, but national governments have grown increasingly unable to cooperate effectively to avert it. In this book, renowned political theorist Benjamin R. Barber describes how cities, by assuming important aspects of sovereignty, can take the lead from faltering nation states in fighting climate change. With more than half the world's population now in urban areas, where 80 percent of both GDP and greenhouse gas emissions are generated, cities are the key to the future of democracy and sustainability.
Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet by Call Number: QC903 .B56524ISBN: 9781250142078Publication Date: 2017Michael Bloomberg and Carl Pope may approach climate change from different perspectives, but they share a belief that cities, businesses, and citizens can lead the way and win the battle against climate change—no matter which way the political winds in Washington may shift. In Climate of Hope, Bloomberg and Pope offer an optimistic look at the challenge of climate change, the solutions they believe hold the greatest promise, and the practical steps that are necessary to achieve them.
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Elkind, Sarah. How Local Politics Shape Federal Policy: Business, Power & the Environment in Twentieth Century Los Angeles. (2011) - eBook
Fitzgerald, Joan. Emerald Cities: Urban Sustainability and Economic Development. (2010) - HT123 .F58
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Security & Sustainability Forum. Climate Adaptation Policy at the State and Local Level. (2018)
This Green and Growing Land: Environmental Activism in American History by Call Number: GE197 .A75ISBN: 9781442237070Publication Date: 2017From Benjamin Franklin's campaign to combat pollution at the Philadelphia's docks in the 1750s to the movement against climate change today, American environmentalists have sought to protect the natural world and promote a healthy human society. In This Green and Growing Land, historian Kevin Armitage shows how the story of American environmentalism—part philosophy, part social movement—is a story of America itself, of the way citizens have self-organized, have thought of their communities and their government, and have used their power to protect and enrich the land.
Environmentalism of the Rich by Call Number: HC79.E5 D3463ISBN: 9780262034951Publication Date: 2016Over the last fifty years, environmentalism has emerged as a clear counterforce to the environmental destruction caused by industrialization, colonialism, and globalization. Activists and policymakers have fought hard to make the earth a better place to live. But has the environmental movement actually brought about meaningful progress toward global sustainability? As Peter Dauvergne points out in this provocative book, the environmental movement is increasingly dominated by the environmentalism of the rich—diverted into eco-business, eco-consumption, wilderness preservation, energy efficiency, and recycling.
First along the River: A Brief History of the U.S. Environmental Movement by Call Number: GE195 .K578ISBN: 9781442203990Publication Date: 2011First Along the River provides students with a balanced, historical perspective on the history of the environmental movement in relation to major social and political events in U.S. history, from the pre-colonial era to the present. The book highlights important people and events, places critical concepts in context, and shows the impact of government, industry, and population on the American landscape.
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Davis, Jack. Everglades Providence: Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the American Environmental Century. (2009) - QH31.D645 D38
Hawken, Paul. Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the World. (2007) - GE195 .H388
Peterson del Mar, David. Environmentalism. (2006) - GE195 .P478
Warren, Louis (Ed.). American Environmental History. (2003) - GF503 .A445
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Allin, Craig. Policy and Activism. (2011) - eBook
Fact and Fiction in Global Energy Policy by ISBN: 9781421418971Publication Date: 2016Energy sustainability and climate change are two of the greatest challenges facing humankind. Unraveling these complex and interconnected issues demands careful and objective assessment. Is industry the chief energy villain? Can we sustainably feed and fuel the planet at the same time? Is nuclear energy worth the risk? Should geoengineering be outlawed? Fact and Fiction in Global Energy Policy aims to change the prevailing discourse by examining fifteen core energy questions from a variety of perspectives, and demonstrating how, for each of them, no clear-cut answer exists.
Energy Transitions: Global & National Perspectives by Call Number: TJ808 .S64ISBN: 9781440853241Publication Date: 2016Both detailed and balanced, this insightful analysis into energy transitions provides a long-term historical perspective, an up-to-date assessment of recent and near-term advances in energy production technology and implementation, and an explanation of why efforts to limit global warming and to shift away from fossil fuels have been gradual.
Global Cities: Urban Environments in Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and China by Call Number: HC79.E5 .G6573ISBN: 9780262035910Publication Date: 2017Over the past four decades, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and key urban regions of China have emerged as global cities—in financial, political, cultural, environmental, and demographic terms. In this book, Robert Gottlieb and Simon Ng trace the global emergence of these urban areas and compare their responses to a set of six urban environmental issues.
Green Planet Blues: Critical Perspectives on Global Environmental Politics by Call Number: HC79.E5G6916ISBN: 9780813349527Publication Date: 2014Revised and updated throughout, this unique anthology examines global environmental politics from a range of perspectives (contemporary and classic, activist and scholarly) and reflects voices of the powerless and powerful. Paradigms of sustainability, environmental security, and ecological justice illustrate the many ways environmental problems and their solutions are framed in contemporary international debates about climate, water, forests, toxics, energy, food, biodiversity, and other environmental challenges of the twenty-first century.
Global Energy Innovation: Why America Must Lead by Call Number: TJ163.25.U6 C585ISBN: 9780313397219Publication Date: 2011The world is entering the Third Industrial Revolution, an era of remarkable progress in science and technology that will require a global shift away from reliance on fossil-fuel and carbon-based energy. This book explains how America can lead the effort to reverse global warming and become the world leader in global energy innovation.
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Hunnicutt, Susan (Ed.). Should There Be an International Climate Treaty? (2011) - TD885.5.G73
Chasek, Pamela; David L. Downie; & Janet Welsh Brown. Global Environmental Politics (5th Ed.). (2010) - GE170 .C46
Brainard, Lae; Abigail Jones; & Nigel Purvis (Eds.). Climate Change and Global Poverty: A Billion Lives in the Balance? (2009) - QC903 .C545
Morel, Benoit & Igor Linkov (NATO Advanced Research Workshop). Environmental Security and Environmental Management: The Role of Risk Assessment. (2006) - eBook
Vig, Norman. Green Giants?: Environmental Policies of the United States & the European Union. (2004) - eBook
Speth, James Gustave. Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment. (2004) - GE149 .S64
Linkov, Igor & Abou Bakr Ramadan (NATO Advanced Research Workshop). Comparative Risk Assessment and Environmental Decision-Making. (2004) - eBook
Harris, Paul (Ed.). The Environment, International Relations & U.S. Foreign Policy. (2001) - GE180 E56
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Miller, Shirley. 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change: Elements and Related Matters. (2016) - eBook
The End of Energy: The Unmaking of America's Environment, Security & Independence by Call Number: HD9502.U52 G685ISBN: 9780262015677Publication Date: 2011From the thermostat to the gas pump and everywhere in between, most American take energy for granted. In The End of Energy, Michael Graetz shows us that we have been living an energy delusion for forty years. Despite thousands of pages of energy legislation since the 1970s (passed by a Congress that tended to elevate narrow parochial interests over national goals), Americans have never been asked to pay a price that reflects the real cost of the energy they consume.
Climate Change and Global Energy Security: Technology & Policy Options by Call Number: TJ808 .B76ISBN: 9780262016254Publication Date: 2011Tackling climate change and improving energy security are two of the twenty-first century's greatest challenges. In this book, Marilyn Brown and Benjamin Sovacool offer detailed assessments of the most advanced commercially available technologies for strengthening global energy security, mitigating the effects of climate change, and enhancing resilience through adaptation and geo-engineering. They also evaluate the barriers to the deployment of these technologies and critically review public policy options crucial to their adoption.
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Marcovitz, Hal. Energy Security. (2011) - ANR HD9560.5 .M3125
Pascual, Carlos & Jonathan Elkind (Eds.). Energy Security: Economics, Politics, Strategies & Implications. (2010) - HD9502.A2 E55115
Sanchez, Teodoro. Hidden Energy Crisis: How Policies Are Failing the World's Poor. (2010) - TJ163.25.D44 S36
Frohnapfel-Krueger, Lisa. Energy Crisis. (2010) - HD9502.A2 E54359
Yount, Lisa. Energy Supply. (2005) - TJ163.2 .Y68
Oil by Call Number: HD9560.5 .B625ISBN: 9781509511723Publication Date: 2017Oil politics in the twentieth century was about the management of abundance, state power, and market growth. The legacy of this age of plenty includes declining conventional oil reserves, volatile prices, climate change, and enduring poverty in many oil-rich countries. The politics of oil are now at a turning point, and its future will not be like its past. In this in-depth primer to one of the world's most significant industries, authors Gavin Bridge and Philippe Le Billon take a fresh look at the contemporary political economy of oil.
Crude Volatility: The History and the Future of Boom-Bust Oil Prices by ISBN: 9780231543682Publication Date: 2017As OPEC has loosened its grip over the past ten years, the oil market has been rocked by wild price swings, the likes of which haven't been seen for eight decades. Crafting an engrossing journey from the gushing Pennsylvania oil fields of the 1860s to today's fraught and fractious Middle East, Crude Volatility explains how past periods of stability and volatility in oil prices help us understand the new boom-bust era. Oil's notorious volatility has always been considered a scourge afflicting not only the oil industry but also the broader economy and geopolitical landscape; Robert McNally makes sense of how oil became so central to our world and why it is subject to such extreme price fluctuations.
Pipelines and Politics by Call Number: HD9580.U5 P56ISBN: 9781534502031Publication Date: 2017Fossil fuels are a valuable commodity with a prominent impact of national and international politics. While pipelines can create jobs and economic growth, not to mention delivering a commodity to people who need it, what happens when there is conflict about the land through which a pipeline travels? In some cases, this can lead to protests, stoppages—even war. Readers of this comprehensive volume, which explores the topic from a multitude of angles, will learn how a simple pipeline can have enormous geopolitical ramifications.
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Berlatsky, Noah (Ed.). Foreign Oil Dependence. (2016) - HD9566 .F673
Princen, Thomas. Ending the Fossil Fuel Era. (2015) - eBook
Lankford, Ronald (Ed.). Foreign Oil Dependence. (2013) - HD9566 .F673
Ross, Michael. Oil Curse: How Petroleum Waelth Shapes the Development of Nations. (2012) - HD9578.D44 R67
Yergin, Daniel. The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World. (2011) - HD9502.A2 Y47
Hunnicutt, Susan (Ed.). Foreign Oil Dependence. (2008) - HD9566 .F672
Standlea, David. Oil, Globalization, and the War for the Arctic Refuge. (2006) - eBook
Pelletiere, Stephen. America's Oil Wars. (2004) - eBook
Pelletiere, Stephen. Iraq & the International Oil System: Why America Went to War in the Gulf. (2001) - eBook
The Life Cycles of the Council on Environmental Quality and the Environmental Protection Agency, 1970-2035 by Call Number: GE180 .C658ISBN: 9780190203719Publication Date: 2016In this historical analysis, James K. Conant and Peter J. Balint examine the trajectory of environmental policy and administration in the United States by looking at the development of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). They investigate how changes in budgetary and staffing resources over time, as well as the role of quality leadership, present key indicators of capacity, vitality—and volatility.
Poison Spring: The Secret History of Pollution and the EPA by Call Number: TD170.93 .V35ISBN: 9781608199143Publication Date: 2014For twenty-five years E.G. Vallianatos saw the EPA from the inside, with rising dismay over how pressure from politicians and threats from prominent corporations were turning it from the public's watchdog into a "polluter's protection agency." Based on his own experience, the testimony of colleagues, and hundreds of documents Vallianatos collected inside the EPA, Poison Spring reveals how the agency has continually reinforced the chemical-industrial complex.
Enforcement at the EPA: High Stakes and Hard Choices by Call Number: GE180 .M56ISBN: 9780292737112Publication Date: 2012Based on 190 personal interviews with present and former enforcement officials at EPA, the U.S. Department of Justice, and key congressional staff members—along with extensive research among EPA documents and secondary sources—the book vividly recounts the often tumultuous history of EPA’s enforcement program. It also analyzes some important questions regarding EPA’s institutional relationships and the Agency’s working environment.
Sustainability and the U. S. EPA by Call Number: TD170.93 .N378ISBN: 9780309212526Publication Date: 2011Sustainability is based on a simple and long-recognized factual premise: Everything that humans require for their survival and well-being depends, directly or indirectly, on the natural environment—whether it be the air we breathe, the water we drink, or the food we eat. Acknowledging the importance of sustainability to its work, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been working to create programs and applications in a variety of areas to better incorporate sustainability into decision-making at the agency.
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Collin, Robert. Environmental Protection Agency: Cleaning Up America's Act. (2006) - TD171 .C64