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Preface | p. ix |
Editor and Contributing Author | p. xiii |
Contributing Authors | p. xv |
Introduction | |
Sustainable Development and the United States | p. 3 |
Progress Toward Sustainability: A Report Card by the Contributing Authors | p. 15 |
Agenda for a Sustainable America by the Contributing Authors | p. 27 |
Six Areas of Greater Progress | |
Local Governance and Sustainability: Major Progress, Significant Challenges | p. 43 |
Brownfields Development: From Individual Sites to Smart Growth | p. 57 |
Business and Industry: Transitioning to Sustainability | p. 71 |
Higher Education: More and More Laboratories for Inventing a Sustainable Future | p. 93 |
Kindergarten Through Twelfth Grade Education: Fragmentary Progress in Equipping Students to Think and Act in a Challenging World | p. 109 |
Religion and Ethics Focused on Sustainability | p. 129 |
Consumption, Population, and Poverty | |
Sustainable and Unsustainable Developments in the U.S. Energy System | p. 145 |
Materials: From High Consumption to More Sustainable Resource Use | p. 159 |
The Importance of Curbing and Ending Population Growth to Achieve Sustainability | p. 171 |
Poverty: Greening the Tax and Transfer System to Create More Opportunities | p. 187 |
Conservation and Management of Natural Resources | |
Freshwater: Sustaining Use by Protecting Ecosystems | p. 205 |
Oceans and Estuaries: The Ocean Commissions' Unfulfilled Vision | p. 221 |
Air Quality: The Need to Replace Basic Technologies With Cleaner Alternatives | p. 239 |
Climate Change: The Unmet Obligation to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions | p. 251 |
Biodiversity Conservation: An Unrealized Aspiration | p. 269 |
Sustainable Forestry: Moving From Concept to Consistent Practice | p. 285 |
Waste and Toxic Chemicals | |
Toxic Chemicals and Pesticides: Not Yet Preventing Pollution | p. 305 |
Hazardous Waste and Superfund: Few Changes and Little Progress | p. 321 |
Municipal Solid Waste: Building Stronger Connections to Jobs and the Economy | p. 335 |
Land Use and Transportation | |
Land Use: Blending Smart Growth With Social Equity and Climate Change Mitigation | p. 349 |
Transportation: Challenges and Choices | p. 365 |
International Trade, Finance, and Development Assistance | |
International Trade: Sustainability as a Multilateral, Bilateral, and Regional Effort | p. 383 |
Official Development Assistance: Toward Funding for Sustainability | p. 399 |
Financing Sustainable Development | p. 413 |
Lead Poisoning and Pollution: Opportunities for Internationalized Solutions | p. 425 |
State and Federal Governance | |
State Governance: Leadership on Climate Change | p. 441 |
Public Access to Information, Participation, and Justice: Forward and Backward Steps Toward an Informed and Engaged Citizenry | p. 459 |
National Governance: Still Stumbling Toward Sustainability | p. 479 |
Index | p. 497 |
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