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"Presents the latest information on U.S. energy consumption and production, compared with years past. Controversial issues such as the U.S. dependence on foreign oil, the possibility of exhausting fossil fuel supplies, and the harm done to the environment by mining, drilling, and pollution are explored."

"Spans the entire scope of sustainability from ecological concepts to financial concerns to public policy and community action, giving readers a solid foundation from which to think critically about efforts to make a more sustainable world...." (from the publisher)

Draws together all aspects of energy, covering a wealth of areas throughout the natural, social and engineering sciences. Relevant for students, researchers, policy makers, consultants, and anyone related to the energy and the environmental field.

Covers all aspects of organic food and farming, local food production and consumption, and sustainable food initiatives.

Covers a wide range of topics including: Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Fishing; American Indian Rights; Legislation and Landmark Cases; Biographies; Dam Building and Removal; Flooding; Hydroelectric Power; Lakes, Rivers, and Aquifers; Reclamation Technology; Regional Water Policy Overviews; Water Quality, Treatment, and Pollution; Water Rights and more

Covers atmospheric, ocean, and environmental sciences, including both theory and applications. Contains nearly 350 articles and over 1,900 figures. Photographs are presented, many in full-color.

Covers the evolution of biodiversity, systems for classifying and defining biodiversity, ecological patterns and theories of biodiversity, and an assessment of contemporary patterns and trends in biodiversity.

Summarizes advances in forest science techniques. Covers relevant biology and ecology, types of forestry (e.g. tropical forestry and dryland forestry), scientific names of trees and shrubs, and applied, economic, and social aspects of forest management.

Includes articles on the physical processes that drive the oceans and the chemical, biological, and geological disciplines, as well as ancillary topics such as ocean technology, law of the oceans, global programs, marine policy, pollution & climate change

Covers all aspects of soil – the rich mix of mineral particles, organic matter, gases, and soluble compounds that foster both plant and animal growth: a topic of vital importance to human societies in the past, present, and future.

Scientific-based entries including specific chemicals, well-known toxin-related incidents, and the societal implications of toxicological knowledge.

Contains more than 600 articles on contemporary issues in social problems, and also provides insight into how social conditions get defined as social problems, and the ways different people and organizations view and try to solve them.

Provides an overview of key principles, approaches, strategies, and tools that businesses have used to reduce environmental impacts and contribute to sustainability. Part of the SAGE "Green Society" series.

Provides an overview of the key concepts that urban planners, policy makers, architects, engineers, and developers use to understand the sustainability dimensions of the urban environment. Part of the SAGE "Green Society" series.

Surveys the nature of green consumerism, the forms it takes, the issues impacting it, and the practices it involves. Part of the SAGE "Green Society" series.

Provides an overview of the social and environmental dimensions of our energy system, and the key organizations, policy tools, and technologies that can help shape a green-energy economy. Part of the SAGE "Green Society" series.

150 essays look at the past, present, and future of agriculture and food. The essays address issues around sustainable and green food systems. Part of the SAGE "Green Society" series.

150 signed entries cover various issues relating to the "greening" of political thought an practice. Part of the SAGE "Green Society" series.