Sticks and carrots
CHEMICAL & ENGINEERING NEWS — "Government" and "sustainability" aren't words often uttered in the same breath. Yet from towns and counties to states to federal agencies, and even at the United Nations, governments are grappling with how to integrate environmental concerns into policies that affect people and the economy.Governments face the challenge of translating the "elegant concept" of sustainability — or sustainable development, as it was first called—into concrete actions, says Janet Ranganathan, vice president for science and research at the World Resources Institute, a think tank based in Washington, D.C. "How do you 'do' sustainability? It's an elusive thing," she says.
Governments are taking a stab at it, nonetheless.
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