Voluntary environmental programs (VEPs) seek to improve the environment by encouraging,
rather than mandating, businesses and other organizations to adopt environmentally …

The Commanding Heights is about the most powerful political and economic force in the
world today--the epic struggle between government and the marketplace that has, over the …

In the absence of effective national and intergovernmental regulation to ameliorate global
environmental and social problems,“private” alternatives have proliferated, including self …

This study provides an empirical assessment of energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions associated with high and low residential development. Three major elements of …

The environmental movement of the 20 th century has evolved into a large, diverse and well-
financed global community that is increasingly required to prove its worth. Though the …

A growing tendency to frame environmental problems as a failure to price ecosystem
services has coincided with the rise of so-called “Market-Based Instruments”(MBIs). The aim …

For more than twenty years, Environmental Policy and Politics has kept instructors and
students abreast of the challenges presented by contemporary environmental, energy, and …

Executive Overview The global leadership skills of behavioral complexity and stewardship
development that contribute to corporate reputational capital are key intangible resources …

The food system dominates anthropogenic disruption of the nitrogen cycle by generating
excess fixed nitrogen. Excess fixed nitrogen, in various guises, augments the greenhouse …

Winner, 2007 Louis Brownlow Award presented by the National Academy of Public
Administration (NAPA) and 2006 Best Book in Environmental Management and Policy …