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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.

Publication Info. Ithaca : Comstock Pub. Associates, 2010.

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 Moore Stacks  QC984.N7 J46 2010    Available  ---
Description xv, 183 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm
Note "A project of the Wildlife Conservation Society Adirondack Program."
Bibliography 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.
Subject Climatic changes -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains Region.
Climatic changes.
New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains Region.
Energy consumption -- Environmental aspects -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains Region.
Energy consumption -- Environmental aspects.
Energy policy -- Environmental aspects -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains Region.
Energy policy -- Environmental aspects.
Sustainable development -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains Region.
Sustainable development.
Environmental policy -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains Region.
Environmental policy.
Adirondack Mountains Region (N.Y.) -- Environmental conditions.
Added Author Wildlife Conservation Society (New York, N.Y.)
ISBN 9780801476518 paperback alkaline paper
0801476518 paperback alkaline paper
9783177660000
317766000X
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