Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction Jack M. Hollander -- Pt.1 The environmental impact -- Ch. 1. Development and the global environment / Umberto Colombo -- Ch. 2. Air pollution / Jack M. Hollander and Duncan Brown -- Ch. 3. Acid rain / John Harte -- Ch. 4. Global climate change / Stephen H. Schneider -- Ch. 5. Oil spills / Mary Hope Katsouros -- Ch. 6. Nuclear power / Christoph Hohenemser, Robert L. Goble, and Paul Slovic -- Ch. 7. Biomass energy / Janos Pasztor and Lard Kristoferson -- Pt. 2. The benefits of energy efficiency -- Ch. 8. Energy use in buildings / Arthur H. Rosenfeld and Ellen Ward -- Ch. 9. Energy for transportation / Marc Ross and Marc Ledbetter -- Ch. 10. Energy use in manufacturing / Dan Steinmeyer -- Pt. 3. Energy in transition -- Ch. 11. Economics, ethics, and the environment / Richard B. Norgaard and Richard B. Howarth -- Ch. 12. Toward a sustainable world / Richard B. Norgaard and Richard B. Howarth -- Ch. 13. Energy agenga for the 1990’s / John P. Holdren.

This book brings together leading scientists and policy analysts from around the world to provide the latest thinking on the vital conection between energy and the environment. Energy use reflects many of our deepest values and social goals, and environmental conditions will increasingly determine our energy options. The complex questions explored in this volumen touch on nearly every issue relating to the environment and to human aspirations for improving our quality of life.
The Energy-Environment Connection provides readers with an understanding of the larger context of energy and environment problems and solutions, and a sense of the directions that this country and the world must follow in order to create a livable and sustainable environment.