The United States is the world's biggest consumer of natural resources and its biggest polluter. With the U.S. economy expected to grow by 25% in the next decade alone, the costs to Americans -- and to everyone else in the world -- will increase substantially if we do not find a way to live and work sustainably. Building on the recommendations of the President's Council for Sustainable Development, researchers at the World Resources Institute have developed a feasible and concrete plan for achieving sustainable development in the United States. "Frontiers of Sustainability" presents the first practical vision of a sustainable future for the United States and the steps needed to get there. Authors examine the environmental performance and trends in four key economic sectors: agriculture, electricity generation, transportation, and pulp and paper manufacturing. They map out and explore the implications of potentially dangerous trends and developments, and detail methods for reducing or managing emergent threats. Each chapter sets forth a technologically feasible vision of the future in which the unwanted trends we see unfolding now are reversed. "Frontiers of Sustainability" presents an adaptable formula for moving the United States toward a future that ensures generations to come a healthy stock of environmental and natural resource assets. The authors's realistic and workable plan focuses on what Americans really care about, connects with virtues that Americans already profess, and, unlike most discussions of sustainable development, emphasizes the "how" as much as the "why."
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As a nation, we have improved environmental quality significantly over the last 25 years. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sustainable forest sector, forest industry lands, forest health problems, sustainable energy technologies, net annual growth, timber productivity, timberland area, private forest lands, nontimber forest products, personal rapid transit, forest sustainability, new forestry, sustainability challenges, electricity distributors, timber growth, engineered wood products, forest benefits, integrated resource planning, sustainable forest management, congestion pricing, private timberlands, climate risks, electric power sector, renewable technologies, electricity industry Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Forest Service, World Resources Institute, Government Printing Office, New York, Economic Research Service, Pacific Northwest, Environmental Protection Agency, National Research Council, Department of Energy, Federal Highway Administration, Conservation Reserve Program, Department of Transportation, Island Press, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, President's Council, Cambridge University Press, Office of Technology Assessment, United Kingdom, Bureau of the Census, Clean Air Act, Energy Policy, National Academy Press, North America, Ontario Hydro New!
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As a nation, we have improved environmental quality significantly over the last 25 years. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sustainable forest sector, forest industry lands, forest health problems, sustainable energy technologies, net annual growth, timber productivity, timberland area, private forest lands, nontimber forest products, personal rapid transit, forest sustainability, new forestry, sustainability challenges, electricity distributors, timber growth, engineered wood products, forest benefits, integrated resource planning, sustainable forest management, congestion pricing, private timberlands, climate risks, electric power sector, renewable technologies, electricity industry Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Forest Service, World Resources Institute, Government Printing Office, New York, Economic Research Service, Pacific Northwest, Environmental Protection Agency, National Research Council, Department of Energy, Federal Highway Administration, Conservation Reserve Program, Department of Transportation, Island Press, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, President's Council, Cambridge University Press, Office of Technology Assessment, United Kingdom, Bureau of the Census, Clean Air Act, Energy Policy, National Academy Press, North America, Ontario Hydro New!
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- World Resources Pb (Save Our World) by Barbara James on 4 pages
- Climate Change: From Science to Sustainability (Environmental Web) by Stephen Peake on page 117, page 118, and page 350
- Our Common Future (Oxford Paperbacks) by World Commission On Environment and Development on page 45, page 120, and page 279
- Green Ledgers: Case Studies in Corporate Environmental Accounting by Daryl Ditz on page 44, and page 275
- The United States (International Library of Politics and Comparative Government) by Alan Ware on page 73, and page 120
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- The Economic Dynamics of Environmental Law by David M. Driesen in Back Matter
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