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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Joseph J. RommPublisher: Island Press Imprint: Island Press Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.345kg ISBN: 9781597267168ISBN 10: 1597267163 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 15 April 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsImportant...I recommend you read this book. --Al Gore Huffington Post A stiff drink of a book..In Straight Up: America's Fiercest Climate Blogger Takes on the Status Quo Media, Politicians, and Clean Energy Solutions, Romm distills his best work from the blog and honestly describes the catastrophic path humanity is on -- and the clean energy solutions that offer hope for survival. --Wonk Room Startlingly thoughtful and brutally blunt writing...[Joe Romm's] book is absolutely on point in its insistence that climate change long ago ceased to be a scientific issue and, instead, is most clearly a political one. --Grist The indispensable blog --Thomas Friedman The New York Times If you want to be culturally literate about climate change... you must read... Straight Up... presented so accessibly that even veterans of [ClimateProgress.org] will find it informative. No one in the public eye understands climate change, its solutions and its detractors better than Romm. --Change.org Romm's forceful, impassioned blogging--and his book publishing--are a shining light...Simply put, if the 'nation' would read Straight Up and follow Romm's prescriptions, we would find ourselves moving away from decline into a new era of prosperity. --Get Energy Smart Important...I recommend you read this book. --Al Gore Huffington Post One of the most influential energy and environmental policy makers in the Obama era --U.S. News & World Report 'America's fiercest climate-change activist-blogger' and one of 'The 100 People Who Are Changing America' --Rolling Stone I trust Joe Romm on climate. --Paul Krugman The New York Times 'The Web's most influential climate-change blogger' and 'Hero of the Environment 2009' --TIME Important...I recommend you read this book. --Al Gore Huffington Post Author InformationJoseph J. Romm is a climate expert, physicist, energy consultant, and author. He is executive director and founder of the Center for Energy and Climate Solutions; principal of the Capital E Group; fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and former acting assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy. His previous books include Hell and High Water, The Hype About Hydrogen, and Cool Companies. He writes the blog ClimateProgress.org. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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