Climate change in the Adirondacks
Subtitle: the path to sustainability
By: Jerry Jenkins ; foreword by Bill McKibben.
Contributors: Wildlife Conservation Society (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Comstock Pub. Associates
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801476518
Subjects: Climatic changes -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains Region; Energy consumption -- Environmental aspects -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains Region; Energy policy -- Environmental aspects -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains Region; Sustainable development -- Environmental aspects -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains Region; Environmental policy -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains Region; Adirondack Mountains Region (N.Y.) -- Environmental conditions
Notes: "Published in association with the Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : we have a climate problem; title: The weather is changing; title: The climate problem is an energy problem; title: How much could the Adirondacks change?; title: What we might lose; title: Biology and recreation are changing; title: Assessment : Adirondack carbon emissions; title: Reduction : low-carbon transport; title: Reduction : low-carbon buildings; title: Replacement : low-carbon energy; title: Offsets : carbon in Adirondack forests; title: Can the Adirondacks become energy independent?; title: How can we finance energy independence?; title: The path forward; title: Appendix : calculating energy and emissions.