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Article: Energizing China: Reconciling Environmental Protection and Economic Growth.(Review)
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- Journal of International Affairs
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- September 22, 1999
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Energizing China: Reconciling Environmental Protection and Economic Growth
Michael B. McElroy, Chris P. Nielson and Peter Lydon (eds.) (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998) 596 pp.
In recent years awareness of the environmental costs of producing energy, and concerns about climate change in particular, have increased interest in environmentally sustainable sources of energy Although some scientists question whether significant climate change is taking place, the growing consensus is that the Earth's average temperature will increase by 2 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit over the next 50 years. If policymakers wait until the consequences of global ...