Environmental sustainability : a responsibility for all : an investigation of the U.S. passenger car industry /

While we are cognizant that carbon dioxide emissions from cars are having a lasting and negative impact on our climate and human health, we continue to do little to mitigate the harm. It became increasingly clear that the parties contributing to the emissions problem are a set of interacting players...

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Main Author: Gresens, Mary (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : New Academia Publishing, 2012.
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Summary:While we are cognizant that carbon dioxide emissions from cars are having a lasting and negative impact on our climate and human health, we continue to do little to mitigate the harm. It became increasingly clear that the parties contributing to the emissions problem are a set of interacting players. It also became evident that the portrayal of this system and the related environmental and resource issues as described in this work is a unique interdisciplinary synthesis of philosophy, scientific data related to climate change, automotive technology, domestic policy and socio-historical information.
Physical Description:xiv, 143 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-143).
ISBN:9780985569853 (pbk.)
0985569859 (pbk.)