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Tough choices loom if the world wants to go green. The United States and other countries must decide where and how to procure the materials that make our renewable energy economy possible. To build electric vehicles, solar panels, cell phones, and millions of other devices means the world must dig more mines to extract lithium, copper, cobalt, rare earths, and nickel. But mines are deeply unpopular, even as they have a role to play in fighting climate...
3) Food fix: how to save our health, our economy, our communities, and our planet-- one bite at a time
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"What we eat has tremendous implications, not just for our waistlines but also for the planet, society, and the global economy. What we do to our bodies, we do to the planet, and what we do to the planet, we do to our bodies. In Food Fix, #1 New York Times bestselling author Dr. Mark Hyman explains how our food and agriculture policies are unfairly influenced by money and lobbies that drive our biggest global crises: the spread of obesity and food-related...
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The MIT Press
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[2021]
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"Saul Griffith lays out an accessible, rigorously-researched plan to decarbonize the U.S. economy in time to address climate change. His plan, in short, is to "electrify everything." Griffith uses his deep understanding of U.S. energy flows, materials, and clean energy technologies to show that decarbonizing in time to meet climate goals is not only possible, but can be done without major sacrifices in our lifestyles, creating more jobs and a cleaner,...
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Columbia University Press
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Over roughly the past decade, oil and gas production in the United States has surged dramatically-thanks largely to technological advances such as high-volume hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as "fracking." This rapid increase has generated widespread debate, with proponents touting economic and energy-security benefits and opponents highlighting the environmental and social risks of increased oil and gas production. Despite the heated debate,...
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S. hrg volume 114-819
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U.S. Government Publishing Office
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2019.
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English
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The New Press
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2016.
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"Over the past decade a new and controversial energy extraction method known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has rocketed to the forefront of U.S. energy production. With fracking, millions of gallons of water, dangerous chemicals, and sand are injected under high pressure deep into the earth, fracturing hard rock to release oil and gas. Wenonah Hauter, one of the nation's leading public interest advocates, argues that the rush to fracking is...
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Congress of the U.S., Congressional Budget Office
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[2009]
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"Today CBO released a paper presenting an overview of the current understanding of the impacts of climate change in the United States. CBO cannot independently evaluate the relevant scientific research, so our paper draws from numerous published sources to summarize the current state of climate science and provides a conceptual framework for addressing climate change as an economic concern. The paper was reviewed by several knowledgeable external...
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S. hrg volume 114-819
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U.S. Government Publishing Office
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2019.
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English