Energy and the Environment: Volume 24

Book · Thu Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1999

OSTI ID:20050681

Socolow, R H

The 24 papers in this volume are entitled: The art of energy efficiency--Protecting the environment with better technology; On the road to global ecology; Best practices for renewable energy implementation--Integrating end-user and commercial-sector opportunities and constraints; Biomass conversion to fuels; Changing trends in greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide; Economic growth, liberalization, and the environment--A review of the evidence; Harmful algal blooms--A model for emergence of pathogenic microorganisms under conditions of ecological stress; Enhancing the performance of nuclear power reactors--Issues and opportunities; Environmental issues along the US-Mexico border--Drivers of change and the response of citizens and institutions; Ethics and international business; Fuel cells; High-level nuclear waste--The status of Yucca Mountain; Hydrogen production, transmission, and distribution; It's not easy being green--Innovative environmental technologies enhance hydropower's role in sustainable development; Megacities and the atmosphere; Methods for attributing ambient air pollutants to emission sources; Nuclear energy in the twenty-first century--Examination of a contentious subject; Pollution and human health in the St. Lawrence estuary; Southern perspectives in technology transfer; The post-Kyoto regime on climate change--Southern perspectives; Flexibility in the timing and mechanisms of greenhouse gas controls--A review of economic arguments; How much is energy R and D worth as insurance; A review of technical change in assessments of climate policy; and Energy technology and global change--Modeling techniques developed at NASA.

• Research Organization: Princeton Univ., NJ (US)
• OSTI ID: 20050681
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
BIOSYNTHESIS
CLIMATIC CHANGE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
FUEL CELLS
GREENHOUSE GASES
HYDROELECTRIC POWER
HYDROGEN PRODUCTION
NUCLEAR POWER
PATHOGENS
POLLUTION REGULATIONS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT