Communities and the Clean Energy Revolution - Public Health, Economics, Design, and Transformation

Communities and the Clean Energy Revolution profiles people in eight locations across the U.S. leading unique clean energy projects. This book provides unique insight into transitioning to solar, wind, and other types of clean, renewable power and the transformation of America's energy system.

List of contents

Table of Contents
Chapter1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Front Lines of the Clean Energy Revolution: The Beginning
Chapter 3: Atlantic City, NJ: Mixed Generation and Offshore Wind
Chapter 4: New York, NY: Green New Deal
Chapter 5: Colchester, Vermont: Green Mountain Power
Chapter 6: Salinas, Puerto Rico: Solar for Survival
Chapter 7: Isabela, Puerto Rico: Design for Survival
Chapter 8: La Riviera, Puerto Rico: Resilient Infrastructure
Chapter 9: Highland Park, MI: Solar Powered Streetlights and Community Activism
Chapter 10: Las Vegas, Nevada: Reaching 100% Renewable Energy
Chapter 11: The End. Or, Another Beginning?

About the author

By Melanie J. La Rosa

Summary

Communities and the Clean Energy Revolution profiles people in eight locations across the U.S. leading unique clean energy projects. This book provides unique insight into transitioning to solar, wind, and other types of clean, renewable power and the transformation of America’s energy system.

Product details

• Authors: Melanie J. La Rosa, Melanie J. La Rosa
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781793639240
• ISBN: 978-1-79363-924-0
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Environmental Communication and Nature: Conflict and Ecoculture in the Anthropocene
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; ENERGY, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, SCIENCE / Energy, environmental science, engineering & technology, Communication Studies, Science / Environmental Science