The archaeology of environmental change : socionatural legacies of degradation and resilience
Christopher T. Fisher, J. Brett Hill, and Gary M. Feinman, eds.
Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c2009. 328pp.
Main Library CC81 .A69 2009
In process (request at circulation desk)

The Canadian oil sands : energy security vs. climate change
Michael A. Levi.
New York : Council on Foreign Relations, Center for Geoeconomic Studies, c2009. 52pp.
Main Library HD9574.C22 L49 2009

Carbon markets : an international business guide
Arnaud Brohé, Nick Eyre and Nicholas Howarth.
London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2009. 307pp.
Main Library HC79.P55 B76 2009

Climate change and vulnerability
Neil Leary ... [et al.], eds.
London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2009 [c2008]. 431pp.
Main Library Stacks QC981.8.C5 C5625 2009
Contents: Part I. Introduction. For whom the bell tolls : vulnerabilities in a changing climate -- Part II. Natural resource systems. Vulnerability of southern African biodiversity to climate change ; Forest responses to changing rainfall in the Philippines ; Vulnerability of Mongolia's pastoralists to climate extremes and changes ; Resource system vulnerability to climate stresses in the Heihe river basin of western China -- Part III. Coastal areas. Storm surges, rising seas and flood risks in metropolitan Buenos Aires ; Climate and water quality in the estuarine and coastal fisheries of the Rio de la Plata ; Climate change and the tourism dependent economy of the Seychelles -- Part IV. Rural economy and food security. Household food security and climate change : comparisons from Nigeria, Sudan, South Africa and Mexico ; Vulnerability in Nigeria : a national-level assessment ; Vulnerability in the Sahelian zone of northern Nigeria : a household-level assessment ; Livelihoods and drought in Sudan ; Social vulnerability of farmers in Mexico and Argentina ; Climatic threat spaces in Mexico and Argentina ; Climate variability and extremes in the Pantabangan-Carranglan watershed of the Philippines : an assessment of vulnerability ; Climate risks and rice farming in the lower Mekong river basin ; Vulnerability of Sri Lankan tea plantations to climate change -- Part V. Human health. Vulnerability to climate-induced highland malaria in East Africa ; Vulnerability to dengue fever in Jamaica.

Earth in our care : ecology, economy, and sustainability
Chris Maser.
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009. 276pp.
Main Library HC79.E5 M3595 2009

Ecotourism and environmental sustainability : principles and practice
Jennifer Hill and Tim Gale, ed.
Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2009. 259pp.
Main Library G156.5.E26 E353 2009

Energy and climate change : Europe at the crossroads
David Buchan.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press for the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, 2009. 218pp.
Main Library HD9502.E82 B83 2009
This book traces the spreading out of energy policy from being a relatively narrow concern of the Brussels anti-trust division and market liberalisers, to becoming the focus of renewed worry about energy dependence on a resurgent Russia, and to developing into the Union's highest profile international policy through EU leadership on climate change. The book assesses progress towards these different goals of energy policy--competitive market structure, secure supply, a low carbon economy--and argues that while they are not always equally achievable for all EU states, the policy trade-offs are easier for member states in a Union than as countries standing alone.
Nonetheless, it points out that the EU could use its continental scale to better effect in energy saving, research and nuclear cooperation, as well as in providing energy security. It notes how member states have valued EU energy policy enough to let its development run ahead of formal treaty provisions. But for such advances to continue, the EU has to stay useful and relevant to member states' concerns. So the EU should re-order its priorities: to consolidate and police existing liberalisation rather than pursue new and possibly counter-productive market restructuring; to be more realistic about its energy relationship with Russia; and to be more ambitious on climate change goals, but more economically rational in achieving them.The book has recommendations for internal energy market, energy security and climate change policies. It concludes curbing carbon emissions in a cost-effective way must be the EU's top energy priority, and therefore renewable and bio-fuel plans should be made more rational.

Environment, sustainable development, and well-being : valuation, taxes, and incentives
M.N. Murty.
New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. 275pp.
Main Library HC440.E5 M87 2009
This volume provides insights in to some of the recent developments in empirical research of environmental and resource economics in India. It shows how the very difficult problem of measurement of environmental externalities has to be dealt with in a developing country in which the environmental data base is weak. The topics covered include the designing of environmental policy instruments, valuation of environmental services, environmental cost benefit analysis, and the sustainable development and measuring Green GDP for India.
Using data both from secondary and primary sources, the author provides a number of case studies in environmental economics: measuring environmental efficiency and designing pollution taxes for water and air polluting industries in India; household valuation of urban air quality in three important cities of India using sophisticated methods of environmental valuation; two useful case studies of environmental benefit-cost analysis of Metro rail in Delhi and the cleaning of river Ganges.

Frequently asked questions about the science of climate change
[prepared by Henry Hengeveld and Elizabeth Bush in collaboration with Patti Edwards and Jacinthe Lacroix].
Toronto : Atmospheric Science Assessment and Integration Section, Environment Canada, 2008. 49pp.
Government Documents Library, Canadian Documents Collection (3 West) Canada En56-219/2008

Green your work : boost your bottom line while reducing your carbon footprint
Kim Carlson.
Avon, Mass. : Adams Business, c2009. 270pp.
Main Library HD30.255 .C37 2009
This book shows managers practical ways to make their companies environmentally responsible while staying profitable and efficient by: moving to a paperless office; recycling at work; setting up employee car shares; developing eco-friendly packaging; and, using green building products. Detailed topics range from green marketing to setting up a carbon footprint assessment for the company.

An Integrated Assessment of China’s Ecological Restoration Programs
Runsheng Yin, ed.
Dordrecht : Springer, 2009.
Available via SpringerLink.

Laser scanning for the environmental sciences
George L. Heritage and Andrew R.G. Large, eds.
Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. 278pp.
Main Library GE45.R44 L37 2009

The natural fix? : the role of ecosystems in climate mitigation : a UNEP rapid response assessment
Kate Trumper ... [et al.].
Cambridge, U.K. : United Nations Environment Programme, 2009. 65pp.
Government Documents Library, International Documents Collection (3 West) SD387.C37 T785 2009

Our planet : how much more can Earth take?
Jill Jäger ; in collaboration with Lisa Bohunovsky [et al.] ; translated by Laura Radosh ; Klaus Wiegandt, general editor.
London : Haus Publishing, c2008. 190pp.
Main Library HC79.E5 J34 2008
This accessible and readable introduction to the Sustainability Project quickly became a project upon which six authors collaborated. They brought together the accumulated knowledge of researchers from the Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI), who are versed in global environmental change, resource use, work, the economy, and sustainable development. Writing and then discussing and commenting on each other's work brought these experts closer together and made it even clearer to all of them how urgent and important the goal of sustainable development has become. The result was a definitive study of how we need to change, both collectively and individually, to ensure the sustainability of our planet.

Photovoltaic solar energy : development and current research
European Commission.
Luxembourg : Office for Official Publications of the European Union, 2009. 76pp.
Government Documents Library, International Documents Collection (3 West) TK1087 .P46 2009

Poison in the well : radioactive waste in the oceans at the dawn of the nuclear age
Jacob Darwin Hamblin.
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2008. 311pp.
Main Library TD898 .H35 2008

The poisoning of Michigan
Joyce Egginton.
East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2009. 2nd ed., 363pp.
Main Library Stacks RA1242.P69 E35 2009
An investigative journalist's account of the contamination of Michigan's dairy cattle with the highly toxic chemical PBB (polybrominated biphenyl) in 1973. A near relation of PCB, this now-banned substance, designed as a fire retardant, was mistaken for a nutritional supplement at a chemical plant. It ended up in cattle feed that was distributed to farms throughout the state. By the time the error was discovered, virtually all nine million residents of Michigan had been ingesting contaminated milk and meat for almost a year. This new edition of Joyce Egginton's environmental classic -- first published in 1980 and long out of print -- tells how the tragedy affected the farm community and the wider populace, and how federal and state authorities failed to respond. 'We were mired in a swamp of ignorance,' one state official admitted. A new introduction by the author and an afterword by three distinguished environmental scientists explain how the legacy of Michigan's poisoning lives on -- and how equally toxic substitutes for PBB still invade our homes and lives. Afterword by Devra Lee Davis, Maryann Donovan, and Arlene Blum.

Remedies for a new West : healing landscapes, histories, and cultures
Patricia Nelson Limerick, Andrew Cowell, and Sharon K. Collinge, eds.
Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c2009. 324pp.
Main Library F591 .R425 2009

The renewal of nuclear power in Finland
Matti Kojo and Tapio Litmanen, eds.
Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. 255pp.
Main Library HD9698.F52 R46 2009
In 2002 Finnish Parliament decided to permit further construction of nuclear power after decades of long societal struggle. This book analyzes the major phases of the decision-making process. It is an excellent guide to understanding energy and climate policy in Finland and thus the main ideas behind the renewal of nuclear power in Europe.

Statistics for environmental science and management [electronic resource]
Bryan F.J. Manly.
Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2009. 2nd ed., 295pp.
Online resource GE45.S73 M36 2009 Online

Up the Rouge! : paddling Detroit's hidden river
Text by Joel Thurtell ; photographs by Patricia Beck.
Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, 2009. 119pp.
Main Library QH105.M5 T48 2009

Water, ecosystems and society : a confluence of disciplines
Jayanta Bandyopadhyay.
Los Angeles : SAGE, 2009. 191pp.
Main Library HD1698.I4 B36 2009
Water, Ecosystems and Society: A Confluence of Disciplines identifies water management as a confluence of disciplines and engages with the needs and challenges of productive water management in India. Such an engagement is path-breaking in terms of its conceptualization, since water management in India has traditionally been associated with heavy engineering, which tries to increase the quantity of water to cater to increasing demands by human settlements, irrigation and industry needs.

The author identifies research activities to initiate effective water management and then goes on to address the issues in detail with relation to their ecological and socio-economic implications. As a result, floods, sustainability of river link projects and the economic viability of water systems are analyzed with regard to their ecological dimensions. He also focuses on the need to recognize ecosystem services provided by floods as well as the necessity of environmental flows in such a system.

The book reviews the usefulness of economic valuation of water systems in terms of their consumptive use and the ecosystem services provided by them. In this way, the work deals with emerging areas of research-by connecting economics and water management. It also analyzes the proposed river link project of India in the light of the emerging economic and ecological aspects of water management, and thereby provides a new approach to the assessment and appraisal of large water projects. Thus the book engages with the ecological and socio-economical dimensions of different areas of water management, identifies lacunae in the filed and suggests fresh perspectives to address them constructively.

The Whale Warriors
Peter Heller
New York : Free Press, 2008, c2007. 298pp.
Main Library SH382.5 .H45 2008
The Whale Warriors is a well-written adventure yarn with a strong central character in Paul Watson, the commander-in-chief of the Sea Shepherds. Peter Heller takes extra steps, however, and does his reporting homework in fleshing out the story of Watson's aggressive campaign against Japanese whalers in the southern oceans. Important information on the background of whaling and the politics of fishing for the world's largest mammals are woven into the story.

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