Climate change in the Adirondacks : the path to sustainability / Jerry Jenkins ; foreword by Bill McKibben.
Publication details: Ithaca : Comstock Pub. Associates, 2010.Description: xv, 183 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cmISBN:- 9780801476518 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0801476518 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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- 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
- Adirondack Mountains Region (N.Y.) -- Environmental conditions
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- QC984.N7 J46 2010
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"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.
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