Source: LOHAS
Published: Friday, February 23, 2007

The idea that we must choose between a healthy environment and a healthy economy is a myth says David Goldstein, author of Saving Energy, Growing Jobs. Not only do well-conceived environmental regulations create more jobs, they also contribute to more efficient designs and less expensive products.

Standing between us and a cleaner, more prosperous society, is the resistance of economic incumbents, and an economic fundamentalism that opposes any kind of regulation, even when it might prove beneficial.”

Goldstein offers a new paradigm for the economy and the environment by showing how the nation (and the world) can preserve its resources and promote prosperity at the same time. Drawing on his experience as a research scientist and Energy Program Director for the National Resources Defense Council, Goldstein points out that we already have a 30-year history of success built around regulation, technological innovation, and energy efficiency. This is not a work of airy theory but the conclusions of a scientist who has hard facts in hand.

This groundbreaking book:

• Profiles the unexpected success of early energy regulations
• Shows how markets actually work and how they fail
• Exposes both the myths of environmentalists and anti-environmentalists
• Provides a model for well-designed environmental policies
• Offers guidelines for transforming the current political debate

About the Author

David B. Goldstein, Ph.D., is Energy Program Director for the Natural Resources Defense Council and a MacArthur (“genius award”) Fellow. His professional qualifications are extensive and varied. Among many accomplishments, he has:

• worked in regional energy planning efforts
• helped to develop and refine energy efficiency standards for new buildings
• participated in California Energy Commission proceedings to establish America's first appliance efficiency standards
• organized a consortium of utilities that is currently developing programs to commercialize a new generation of super-efficient appliances
• coordinated a broad coalition of stakeholders to develop legislative proposals for tax incentives that promote market toward energy-efficient buildings

It is estimated that his contribution to energy efficiency standards for appliances saves as much energy every year as the entire output of the U.S. nuclear energy program.

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