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.
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.