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Jenkins, Jerry

Climate change in the Adirondacks : the path to sustainability / Jerry Jenkins ; foreword by Bill McKibben. - Ithaca : Comstock Pub. Associates, 2010. - xv, 183 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm.

"A project of the Wildlife Conservation Society Adirondack Program."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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: 9780801476518 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0801476518 (pbk. : alk. paper) 3177660

LCCN: 2009053992

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB039661 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015511138 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Climatic changes--New York (State)--Adirondack Mountains Region.
Energy consumption--Environmental aspects--New York (State)--Adirondack Mountains Region.
Energy policy--Environmental aspects--New York (State)--Adirondack Mountains Region.
Sustainable development--Environmental aspects--New York (State)--Adirondack Mountains Region.
Environmental policy--New York (State)--Adirondack Mountains Region.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Adirondack Mountains Region (N.Y.)--Environmental conditions.

LC Class. No.: QC984.N7 / J46 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 363.738/746097475

National Agricultural Library Call No.: QC984.N7 / J46 2010