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Introduction: The State of Suburban Sustainability in the United States / Robert Brinkmann and Sandra J. Garren -- Part I. Sustainability Planning in the Suburbs -- Sustainability Assessment of the New York Metropolitan Area: Is New York City More Sustainable Than Its Surrounding Suburbs? / Sandra J. Garren -- Sustainability Through Suburban Growth? Regional Planning and Targeted Change in the Pacific Northwest / Yonn Dierwechter -- Linking Smart Growth Policies and Natural Disasters: A Study of Local Governments in Florida / Vaswati Chatterjee, Simon A. Andrew, and Richard C. Feiock -- Can Transportation Be Sustainable in the Suburbs? A Case Study of Complete Streets on Long Island, New York / Sandra J. Garren, Mathew K. Huxel, and Carolina A. Urrea -- Part II. Socioeconomic Sustainable Development in the Suburbs -- Who Defines Sustainability? Urban Infill in Colorado Springs, Colorado / John Harner -- Diversity Improves Design: Sustainable Place-Making in a Suburban Tampa Bay Brownfield Neighborhood / E. Christian Wells, Gabrielle R. Lehigh, Sarah Combs, and Miles Ballogg -- Sustainable Economic Development: The Maker Movement in Macon, Georgia / Susan M. Opp -- Part III. Focus on Atmospheric Sustainability in the Suburbs -- Ozone in Urban North Carolina: A Sustainability Case Study / William H. Battye, Casey D. Bray, Pornpan Uttamang, and Viney P. Aneja -- Skewed Sustainability and Environmental Injustice Across Metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri / Troy D. Abel, Stacy Clauson, and Debra Salazar -- Suburban Sustainability Governance in the Los Angeles Region, California / Elizabeth Mattiuzzi -- The Application of Land Use Regression and the National Land Cover Dataset in Modeling of Ozone Mixing Ratios in Baton Rouge, Louisiana / Mallory Thomas -- Part IV. Sustainable Land and Water Management in the Suburbs -- Leading Through Water: Defining Sustainability Through Leadership, Experience, and Engagement in Pittsburg, Metropolitan Region, Pennsylvania / Michael H. Finewood and Sean McGreevey -- Managing Wildlife Amid Development: A Case Study of Sustaining Mountain Lion Populations in California / Melissa M. Grigione, Michaela C. Peterson, Ronald Sarno, and Mike Johnson -- Suburban In-Sustainability or the Burden of Fixed Infrastructure in New Orleans, Louisiana / Craig E. Colten -- Suburban to Urban Hydro-Economic Connectivity: Virtual Water Flow Within the Phoenix Metropolitan Area, Arizona / Richard R. Rushforth and Benjamin L. Ruddell -- Conclusions: Suburban Sustainability Themes and Ongoing Challenges / Robert Brinkmann and Sandra J. Garren

In recent years, the United States has struggled to develop a comprehensive policy for climate change and concomitant greenhouse gas emissions that addresses the current scientific thinking on the topic. The absence of any clear legislative or executive approach dominated national discussions and the court system was used to litigate a variety of issues associated with global warming. This paper synthesizes actions taken in the three branches of government prior to and immediately following the Obama election. In the Judicial branch, several branches of law have been used to force government and private parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Based on the historic greenhouse gas lawsuit, Massachusetts et al. v. the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), and under the direction of the Obama administration, the U.S. EPA has taken significant action to regulate greenhouse gases. In the legislative branch, a comprehensive energy and climate bill passed the House of Representatives and comparable and alternate energy and climate bills were debated in the Senate indicating hope for legislation in the 111th Congress. However, these bills proved to be unsuccessful, therefore leaving the U.S. EPA and the courts the only options for national climate policy in the near future.

In recent years, the United States has struggled to develop a comprehensive policy for climate change and concomitant greenhouse gas emissions that addresses the current scientific thinking on the topic. The absence of any clear legislative or executive approach dominated national discussions and the court system was used to litigate a variety of issues associated with global warming. This paper synthesizes actions taken in the three branches of government prior to and immediately following the Obama election. In the Judicial branch, several branches of law have been used to force government and private parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Based on the historic greenhouse gas lawsuit, Massachusetts et al. v. the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), and under the direction of the Obama administration, the U.S. EPA has taken significant action to regulate greenhouse gases. In the legislative branch, a comprehensive energy and climate bill passed the House of Representatives and comparable and alternate energy and climate bills were debated in the Senate indicating hope for legislation in the 111th Congress. However, these bills proved to be unsuccessful, therefore leaving the U.S. EPA and the courts the only options for national climate policy in the near future.