Integrating Climate, Energy, and Air Pollution Policies
- ISBN-10
- 0262018128
- ISBN-13
- 9780262018128
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 252
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Authors
- Robert J. Duffy, Gary C. Bryner
Description
The idea of the interconnectedness of nature is at the heart of environmentalscience. By contrast, American policy making and governance are characterized by fragmentation.Separation of powers, divergent ideologies, and geographical separation all work against a unifiedenvironmental policy. Nowhere does this mismatch between problem and solution pose a greaterchallenge than in climate change policy, which has implications for energy use, air quality, andsuch related areas as agriculture and land use. This book stresses the importance of environmentalpolicy integration at all levels of government. It shows that effectively integrated climate,energy, and air pollution policy would ensure that tradeoffs are clear, that policies are designedto maximize and coordinate beneficial effects, and that implementation takes into account the widerange of related issues. The authors focus on four major climate-change policy issues: burning coalto generate electricity, increasing the efficiency and use of alternative energy, reducing emissionsfrom transportation, and understanding agriculture's role in both generating and sequesteringgreenhouse gases. Going beyond specific policy concerns, the book provides a framework, based on theidea of policy integration, for assessing future climate-change policychoices. The hardcover edition does not include a dust jacket.
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