Completely updated and expanded from the author's previous book, Introduction to Energy and the Environment, this new book includes current information on the environmental effects of combustion by-products, as well as technological breakthroughs and newly adopted environmental …
"Along with Nox formation and reduction in the combustion of fossil fuel, which were addressed in the original publication, this second edition addresses the problems of acid rain, global warming, and coal ash treatment. Discussions of important legislation are included, especia…
This book "offers a road map for securing North America's energy future while safeguarding its wildlife heritage. Contributing authors, including researchers, managers, planners, and conservationists, show how science can help craft solutions to conflicts between wildlife and en…
Energy Development and Wildlife Conservation in Western North America offers a road map for securing our energy future while safeguarding our wildlife heritage. Contributors show how science can help craft solutions to conflicts between wildlife and energy development by delinea…
"Chapter 1 Introduction: the Global Political Economy of Energy Transitions The question of whether and how we can collectively steer our economy and society onto a lower carbon development trajectory is among the most pressing the world currently faces. Runaway climate change t…
"Chapter 1 Introduction: the Global Political Economy of Energy Transitions The question of whether and how we can collectively steer our economy and society onto a lower carbon development trajectory is among the most pressing the world currently faces. Runaway climate change t…
Since the beginning of the US shale gas revolution in 2005, the development of unconventional oil and gas resources has gathered tremendous pace around the world. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the key geologic, geophysical, and engineering principles that govern…
This book explains how social psychological concepts can be closely integrated with sociotechnical perspectives of energy transitions. It shows the value of actor-centred analysis that acknowledges the role of individual-level processes within their wider contexts of energy supp…