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Baker, Susan. Environment and Sustainable Development. New York: Routledge, 2005.

Bosso, Christopher J. Environment, Inc: From Grassroots to Beltway. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2005.

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Buell, Frederick. From Apocalypse to Way of Life: Environmental Crisis in the American Century. New York: Routledge, 2004.

Case, Scot. "Finding the Best 'Green' Value: Strategies Balance Cost, Human Health, and Environmental Concerns." Government Procurement, vol. 13, no. 1 (February 2005): pp. 14-16, 24.

Cassedy, Edward. Prospects for Sustainable Energy: A Critical Assessment. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Clapp, Jennifer and Peter Dauvergne. Paths to a Green World: The Political Economy of the Global Environment. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005.

Clement, Douglas. "Recycling—Righteous or Rubbish?" Fedgazette, vol. 17, no. 2 (March 2005): pp. 6-9.

Conca, Ken and Geoffrey Dabelko. Green Planet Blues: Environmental Politics from Stockholm to Johannesburg. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2004.

Cox, John. Climate Crash: Rapid Climate Change and What It Means for Our Future. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2005.

Diamond, Jared M. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. New York: Viking, 2005.

Dolin, Eric Jay. Political Waters: The Long, Dirty, Contentious, Incredibly Expensive but Eventually Triumphant History of Boston Harbor—A Unique Environmental Success Story. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2004.
Dunlap, Thomas R. Faith in Nature: Environmentalism as Religious Quest. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2004.

Easterbrook, Gregg. "The Good Earth." Reader's Digest (April 2005): pp. 80-90.

Fagan, Brian M. The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization. New York: Basic Books, 2004.

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Gonzalez, George A. The Politics of Air Pollution: Urban Growth, Ecological Modernization, and Symbolic Inclusion. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2005.

Gottlieb, Robert. Forcing the Spring: The Transformation of the American Environmental Movement. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2005.

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Lustgarten, Abrahm. "Getting Ahead of the Weather: How Companies are Protecting Themselves Against the Effects of Extreme Events and Long-Term Changes." Fortune, vol. 151, no. 3 (February 7, 2005): pp. 87-90, 94.

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Palmer, Tim. Endangered Rivers and the Conservation Movement: The Case for River Conservation. Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2004.

Peterson, Tarla Rai (ed.) Green Talk in the White House: The Rhetorical Presidency Encounters Ecology. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2004.

Philippon, Daniel J. Conserving Words: How American Nature Writers Shaped the Environmental Movement.
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Postel, Sandra and Brian D. Richter. Rivers for Life: Managing People and Water for Nature. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2003.

Richter, Brian and Sandra Postel. "Saving Earth's Rivers." Issues in Science and Technology, vol. 20, no. 3 (Spring 2004): pp. 31-36.
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Satterfield, Terre and Scott Slovic. What's Nature Worth?: Narrative Expressions of Environmental Values. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2005.

Schwartz, Peter and Spencer Reiss. "Nuclear Now! How Clean, Green Atomic Energy Can Stop Global Warming." Wired, vol. 13, no. 2 (February 2005): pp. 78-83.
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Smith, Rebecca. "Beyond Recycling: Manufacturers Embrace 'C2C' Design." The Wall Street Journal, vol. 245, no. 43 (March 3, 2005): p. B1.

Socolow, Robert, et al. "Solving the Climate Problem: Technologies Available to Curb CO2 Emissions."
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Sorensen, Bent. Renewable Energy: Its Physics, Engineering, Use, Environmental Impacts, Economy, and Planning Aspects. Boston: Elsevier Science & Technology Books, 2004.

Speth, James Gustave. Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2004.

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Vaitheeswaran, Vijay V. Power to the People: How the Coming Energy Revolution Will Transform an Industry, Change Our Lives, and Maybe Even Save the Planet. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2003.

Wald, Matthew L. "Questions About a Hydrogen Economy." Scientific American, vol. 290, no. 5 (May 2004): pp. 66-73.

Weeks, Jennifer. "Opportunities for Biomass: Renewable Energy Markets." BioCycle, vol. 45, no. 12 (December 2004): pp. 38-44.

Weeks, Jennifer. "Opportunities for Biomass: State Incentives for Biomass Electricity." BioCycle, vol. 46, no. 1 (January 2005): pp. 38-44.

Worldwatch Institute. State of the World 2005: Redefining Global Security. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2005.

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This bibliography reflects a range of current readings.