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The Accomplishments and Limits of Environmental Policy
For environmental policy to be effective, it must encourage the transition already underway in many private businesses, focusing on continuous improvement rather than the achievement of symbolic goals, with a broader scope than climate change alone.
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America’s Groundwater Crisis
The future of America’s water supply is an open question. The need for an adequate water supply is not open to question.
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The Reality of the Transition to an Environmentally Sustainable Economy in New York City
Environmental impact has gone from the fringes to the center of our consciousness. Government, entrepreneurs, individuals, and major institutions play important roles in the transition to environmental sustainability.
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Wind Power and the South Shore of Long Island
The public must be engaged in the process of planning and implementing projects that support the transition to a renewable resource-based economy, and projects must be modified to address the concerns of communities. There are no shortcuts to meaningful change.
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The Constant Evolution of Education for Sustainability Professionals
Education requires both change and stability, and the quest for balance between timeless concepts and an understanding of the contemporary world never ends.
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Building Environmental Policy on America’s Support for a Clean Environment
To develop a winning strategy promoting environmental protection, we should look at our many success stories and seek to imitate them. Successful policy has been based on widely shared values: we all like to breathe clean air, drink clean water, and live in a place free of toxics.
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Adapting to our Warming Planet Despite our Dysfunctional Congress
The renewable energy transition has begun, but it will not happen rapidly. In the meantime, we need to invest in infrastructure and other measures that will enable human settlements to withstand the impact of extreme weather and recover from the damage that inevitably comes.
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Opinion: For Solar Power to Go Global, We Must Consider Relaxing Intellectual Property Rights
Developing countries are being left behind in the solar power revolution. To achieve global decarbonization, we need to revise the rules of global trade.
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The Arrival of Mandatory Corporate Sustainability Reporting
Standardized sustainability metrics are a crucial step in realizing the vision of sustainability management.
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