Climate change in the Adirondacks : the path to sustainability

Publication Data

• Title Climate change in the Adirondacks : the path to sustainability
• Author Jerry Jenkins
• Contributor Wildlife Conservation Society
• Publisher Comstock
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location Ithaca, N.Y.
• Language English

Descriptive Notes

"A project of the Wildlife Conservation Society Adirondack Program."

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.

Topics

• 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
• Adirondack Mountains Region (N.Y.)

Climate change in the Adirondacks : the path to sustainability by Jerry Jenkins. ISBN 9780801476518. Published by Comstock in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.