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020 _a9781139003735 (ebook)
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050 0 0 _aHD9502.U52
_bT66 2011
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100 1 _aTomain, Joseph P.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aEnding Dirty Energy Policy :
_bPrelude to Climate Change / [electronic resource]
_cJoseph P. Tomain.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2011.
300 _a1 online resource (320 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).
520 _aClimate change presents the United States, and the world, with regulatory problems of a magnitude, complexity and scope unseen before. The United States, however, particularly after the mid-term elections of 2010, lacks the political will necessary to aggressively address climate change. Most current books focus on climate change. Ending Dirty Energy Policy argues that the US will not adequately address climate change until it transforms its fossil fuel energy policy. Yet there are signs that the country will support the transformation of its century-old energy policy from one that is dependent on fossil fuels to a low-carbon energy portfolio. A transformative energy policy that favors energy efficiency and renewable resources can occur only after the US has abandoned the traditional fossil fuel energy policy, has redesigned regulatory systems to open new markets and promoted competition among new energy providers, and has stimulated private-sector commercial and venture capital investment in energy innovations that can be brought to commercial scale and marketability.
650 0 _aClimatic changes
650 0 _aRenewable energy sources
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521111096
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139003735
_zCambridge Books Online
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