Pollution, politics, and power : the struggle for sustainable electricity / Thomas O. McGarity.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGarity, Thomas O., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electric utilities--United States--History.

Electric utilities.

Electric power--United States--History.

Electric power.

Environmental policy--United States--History.

Environmental policy.

Renewable energy sources--United States--History.

Renewable energy sources.

Coal trade--United States--History.

Coal trade.

Coal-fired power plants--United States--History.

Coal-fired power plants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (540 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Today's electric power companies compete to provide cleaner electricity. That's a good thing, but progress has come with costs, especially for communities reliant on the coal industry. Thomas McGarity examines the changes of recent decades and offers ideas for building a more sustainable grid while easing the economic downsides of coal's demise.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1. The Big Dirties

2. Electricity, Power Plants, and the Environment

3. First Steps

4. Minor Adjustments, Major Controversy

5. The Lost Decade

6. Major Adjustments

7. Cautious Implementation and Vigorous Enforcement

8. Retrenchment

9. The Obama Administration Takes a New Approach

10. The War on Fossil Fuels

11. The Transformation of the Electric Power Industry

12. The Trump Effect

13. Toward a Sustainable Energy Future

Conclusion

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

9780674242807

0674242807

9780674242791

0674242793

OCLC:

1135584546