Books by John C. Dernbach

  • Acting as if Tomorrow Matters
    Acting as if Tomorrow Matters John C. Dernbach

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    Acting as if Tomorrow Matters

    Accelerating the Transition to Sustainability

    John C. Dernbach

    In his previous book, the well-received and often-quoted Agenda for a Sustainable America (2009), John Dernbach made more than a hundred recommendations for making the United States more ...

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  • Agenda for a Sustainable America
    Agenda for a Sustainable America John C. Dernbach

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    Agenda for a Sustainable America

    John C. Dernbach

    "Sustainability" is quickly becoming a household word in the United States. Public alarm over climate change has helped to make sustainable development a major public policy issue and a topic of ...

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  • Stumbling Toward Sustainability
    Stumbling Toward Sustainability John C. Dernbach

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    Stumbling Toward Sustainability

    John C. Dernbach

    In 1992, at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, the nations of the world agreed to implement an ambitious plan for ecologically sustainable human development ...

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About the Author

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John C. Dernbach is Professor of Law at Widener University Law School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He has divided his career between teaching and government service. 
 
In his teaching role, Dernbach has focused on sustainable development in the United States. He has edited the only two comprehensive nongovernmental assessments of U.S. sustainable development efforts. He has written and lectured widely on sustainable development, climate change, environmental law, and legal writing.
 
In two stints totaling near 15 years, he worked at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (now the Department of Environmental Protection). During this time, he helped draft or help implement comprehensive and nationally recognized reforms to Pennsylvania’s mining and waste programs. More recently, he was Director of the Department’s policy office.