Sustainability and the U.S. EPA

September 23, 2011 Anthony DeRosa

A new report, now available from the National Research Council, is Sustainability and the U.S. EPA, Committee on Incorporating Sustainability in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Research Council, ISBN 978-0-309-21252-6, 2011. The report presents a framework for incorporating sustainability into EPA principles and decision making. It is intended to help the agency better assess the social, environmental, and economic impacts of options as it makes decisions. The report includes chapters on:

History of Sustainability
Sustainability Framework for EPA
Sustainability Assessment and Management: Process, Tools, and Indicators
How Risk Assessment and Risk Management Relate to the Sustainability Framework
Changing the Culture at EPA
Benefits of a Sustainability Approach at EPA

This report is available at https://download.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13152 where it can be purchased as a soft cover book or downloaded for free as a PDF file.