Keep them in the ground: Ending the fossil fuel era

State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible?

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 161-171

  Princen, Thomas ^a   Manno, Jack P ^b   Martin, Pamela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Wall College of Business   (United States)

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EID: 84937825073     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.5822/978-1-61091-458-1_14     Document Type: Chapter

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