Integrating Climate, Energy, and Air Pollution Policies

This book makes vividly clear that we cannot expect to achieve our alternative energy, clean air, and climate change goals outside of a more integrated and future-oriented policy framework. This is an important message for all concerned. The case is made through rich examples of the roots of the three policy areas and how they have evolved independently only to fall short in achieving today's goal of sustainable development, which requires dramatic reduction in air emissions combined with economic development, not just for today but for generations to come.

Daniel Mazmanian, Sol Price School of Public Policy, The University of Southern California

This is a sophisticated but accessibly written book that deftly explains the confluence of climate change, energy, and air pollution. It offers a clear-eyed and candid analysis of the policy trade-offs we face as we struggle to curb our enthusiasm for fossil fuels. With its emphasis on integration and synergy, it suggests new alliances, new policies—and possibly even a new environmental politics.

Judy Layzer, Associate Professor of Environmental Policy, MIT

This is an important book, and should be carefully considered and absorbed. The goal is ambitious but the stakes are increasingly high; the authors' depth, breadth, and accuracy in each of the policy sectors addressed are compelling and insightful.

Joseph F. C. DiMento, School of Law, University of California, Irvine

In this time of political controversy and policy fragmentation, Integrating Climate, Energy, and Air Pollution Policies analyzes how the United States can address related environmental problems in a more integrated way, producing better outcomes. Gary Bryner and Robert J. Duffy identify many policy options and co-benefits that should be pursued much more aggressively. This is a broadly accessible and thought-provoking book that deserves serious attention. It is also a testament to Gary Bryner's lifelong commitment to environmental issues and an embodiment of his impressive scholarly work.

Henrik Selin, Department of International Relations, Boston University; author of Global Governance of Hazardous Chemicals and co-editor of Changing Climates in North American Politics