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Title The role of the government / Jacqueline Langwith, book editor.| [Gale electronic resource]

Publication Info. Detroit, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, 2010.
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Description 1 online resource (178 pages) : color illustrations
Series Confronting global warming
Gale eBooks
Confronting global warming.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The government and the environment : setting the precedent -- International recognition of climate change -- Historical U.S. response to climate change -- Regulating carbon dioxide -- Reducing automobile emissions -- Making buildings more energy efficient -- Reducing carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generation -- Reducing agriculture's contribution to global warming -- Forests and land use -- Moving away from the carbon economy -- Adapting to climate change -- Government climate change challenges.
Summary Explores in detail the range of current and impending challenges the planet faces as a result of global warming. Examines these issues from a variety of expert perspectives, highlights key future challenges, and addresses the pros and cons of potential solutions. This volume focuses on the role of the government.
Subject Environmental policy -- United States.
Climatic changes -- Government policy -- United States.
Global warming -- Government policy -- United States.
Added Author Langwith, Jacqueline, editor.
Gale Group.
Other Form: Print version: Role of government. Detroit, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, 2010 9780737748604 (DLC) 2010024975
ISBN 9780737754780 (electronic book)
9780737748604 (hardcover)
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