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Thinking Green:
Environmental Efficiency, Technology, and Creativity

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Protecting the Environment: 30 Years of U.S. Progress

CONTENTS
About This Issue
The Environment: Shared Goals and a Common Mission
Thirty Years of Clean Air Progress
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Environmental Progress—A Portfolio
The U.S. Climate Change Vision
Understanding Climate and Global Change
Methane to Markets
Wind Power Today
Chemistry Goes Green
Photo Gallery photo icon Thinking Green—Environmental Efficiency, Technology, and Creativity
Exporting America's "Best Idea": Sharing Our National Park System with the World
Tending the Rivers
Advancing Democracy and Prosperity Through Sustainable Development
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Green Messages
Bibliography
Internet Resources
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Environmental Technology

From insulation made from old blue jeans to hydrogen fuel cells used in hybrid electric motors, the United States is producing and using an array of environmentally friendly technology. The photographs here depict examples of progress being made in environmentally friendly architecture, alternative energy sources, materials recycling, and new fuel technology.
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Protecting the Environment: 30 Years of U.S. Progress