Document Type
Book Chapter
Date
2008
Keywords
air pollution, sustainable development, agenda 21, fossil fuels, rio declaration, earth summit
Language
English
Disciplines
Environmental Law
Description/Abstract
This book chapter reviews United States efforts to comply with Agenda 21's prescriptions germane to air quality over the last five years and to meet the goals in the Rio Declaration. It concludes that the United States has improved air quality over the last five years, but that the United States has failed to meet the ambitious goals suggested by the Rio Declaration. The paper recommends that the United States move toward a phaseout of fossil fuels, better support advanced technology, and improve monitoring and enforcement.
Recommended Citation
Driesen, David M., "Sustainable Development and Air Quality: The Need to Replace Basic Technologies with Cleaner Alternatives" (2008). College of Law - Faculty Scholarship. 40.
https://surface.syr.edu/lawpub/40
Source
Metadata from SSRN
Additional Information
from AGENDA FOR A SUSTAINABLE AMERICA, John Dernback, ed., Environmental Institute, 2008