New York University
School of Continuing and Professional Studies
M.S. Program in Global Affairs
Energy and the Environment, Y45.2400
Summer 2011, Monday/Wednesday 6:00-9:00pm
May 13, 2011

 

INSTRUCTOR: Chris Gadomski
http://www.smidirect.net/nyu
OFFICE HOURS: Mondays by appointment
Email: gadomski@nyu.edu

Among the most profound issues raised by modern energy policy is the question of environmental impact. The use of energy in the form of fossil fuels and other sources is coincident with the high standard of living enjoyed by the developed world. However, the enormous cost in terms of environmental damage (global warming, acid rain, photochemical smog, spent fuel disposal, etc.) to Planet Earth demands a serious and dedicated examination of how to sustain our life style through the use of unconventional resources and renewables, nuclear power, and the application of international law and agreements (such as the Montreal and Kyoto Protocols.)

Required Reading

A book list has not been provided to the bookstore. For a direct link to Amazon, visit links below.

• Mark Maslin, Global Warming, A Very Short Introduction, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004) ISBN 0-19-284097-5
• Jeff Goodell, Big Coal, (First Mariner Books, 2007)
• Travis Bradford, Solar Revolution, (The MIT Press, 2006)
• William Tucker, Terrestrial Energy (Bartleby Press, 2008)
• Mark Smith, Climate Change and the Energy Crunch (Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, October 2010) 978-1-905962-90-7 http://www.da.mod.uk/colleges/arag/document-listings/special/Special%20Series_10_13_Web.pdf/view
• http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/03/energy-issue/table-of-contents
• The Wall Street Journal, or The Financial Times, or The New York Times. Bring relevant articles to each class for discussion.

Suggested Supplementary Reading

• Daniel Yergin, The Prize, (New York: Free Press, 1993) ISBN 0671799320
• Andrew Dessler, Edward A. Parson, The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change, (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2006) ISBN 13 978-0-521-53941-8
• Thomas Friedman, Hot, Flat and Crowded, (Farrar, Strauss, Troy, 2008)
• Howard Hayden, The Solar Fraud, (Vales Lakes Publishing, 2004)
• Fred Pearce, With Speed and Violence, (Boston: Beacon Press) ISBN 9780807085769
• Robert Nadeau, The Environmental End Game, (New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers University Press, 2006
• James Gustave Speth, Red Sky at Morning, (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005) ISBN 0-300-10776-5

I have not ordered these books through the NYU bookstore, as they are typically priced cheaper at Amazon.
Click on link below to go directly to Amazon.

• Thomas Friedman, Hot, Flat and Crowded, (Farrarm Strauss and Giroux, 2008)

Friedman book title

 

• William Tucker, Terrestrial Energy, (Bartleby Press, 2008)

book jacket

• Andrew Dessler, Edward A. Parson, The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change,
(Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2006) ISBN 13 978-0-521-53941-8

   

Mark Maslin, Global Warming, A Very Short Introduction, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004)



Jeff Goodell, Big Coal, (First Mariner Books, 2007)

Travis Bradford, Solar Revolution, (The MIT Press, 2006)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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