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by Ronnie Horesh ~
The Kyoto Protocol is deeply flawed. It is entirely focused on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, rather than on achieving climate stability. It assumes that governments know what is going on and how best to stop it. This book proposes a better solution: Climate Stability Bonds, which would inject market incentives into the achievement of a stable world climate.... [click here for more] |
Writers Club Press |
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Coal fuels about 50 percent of US electricity production and provides a quarter of the country's total energy. China and India's ferocious economic growth is based almost entirely on coal-generated electricity.
Coal currently looks like a solution to many of our fast-growing energy problems. However, while coal advocates are urging full steam ahead, increasing reliance on the dirtiest o... [click here for more] |
New Society |
$18.95
$13.95 |
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What Works, What Doesn't, and Why Millions of Americans are demanding that all levels of government—local, state, and federal—take immediate and effective action to fight climate change. But there’s a big problem. Hundreds of policy ideas are floating about, and many of them aren’t very good. It’s quite possible that bad climate policy will result, and that man... [click here for more] |
Chelsea Green Publishing |
$9.95 |
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The attacks of September 11, 2001 were accomplished through an amazing orchestration of logistics and personnel. Crossing the Rubicon discovers and identifies key suspects - finding some of them in the highest echelons of American government - by showing how they acted in concert to guarantee that the attacks produced the desired result. Crossing the Rubicon is unique not ... [click here for more] |
New Society |
$22.95
$16.95 |
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by Will Jansen ~
The past 50 years of worldwide population growth and construction has changed the way the world works. Global warming, hurricanes and tornadoes are on the rise along with sea levels. Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are on the increase. Many say that this is just a natural cycle of the earth. This is not the case. These so called "natural disasters" are direct results... [click here for more] |
iUniverse, Inc. |
$6.00
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Evolution's Edge is an IPPY award winning book as an Outstanding Book of the Year and also under the category of Book Most Likely to Save the World.
It is now 5 minutes to midnight on the Doomsday Clock, reflecting the fact that we are closer to assuring the obliteration of our species than we have been at any time since the early eighties. We are rapidly approaching a tip... [click here for more] |
New Society |
$24.95
$18.95 |
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We know how to prepare our homes for each seasonal change, but do we know how to prepare for climate change? Violent weather events like floods, tornadoes, ice storms and hurricanes only tell part of the story. Climate change is frequently more subtle but its effects on our homes and properties can still be devastating. Nearly 50 percent of North America has a potential for structural d... [click here for more] |
New Society |
$22.95
$16.95 |
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“Green” has finally hit the mainstream. Soccer moms drive Priuses. And the business consultants say it’s easy and profitable. In reality, though, many green-leaning businesses, families, and governments are still fiddling while the planet burns. Why? Because implementing sustainability is brutally difficult. In this witty and contrarian book, Auden Schendler, a sustainable busine... [click here for more] |
The Perseus Books Group |
$26.95
$17.79 |
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by M. Mihkel Mathiesen ~
"Societies unravel when they lose the glue that holds them together." The opening words of Global Warming in a Politically Correct Climate reveal author M. Mihkel Mathiesen... [click here for more] |
iUniverse Star |
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$5.40 |
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Bill McKibben's best-selling book, The End of Nature, offered a devastating portrait of the harm humans have done to the planet. Hope, Human and Wild sets out on a dramatically different journey to provide examples and hope for a sustainable future, one in which our society's wealth is measured less by its material productivity and more by its spiritual richness; less by i... [click here for more] |
Milkweed Editions |
$15.00
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by Roy D. Ostrom ~
The Department of Energy's Marcus Siddley is charged to carry out the conversion from gasoline to hydrogen energy technology. To spread the message to the world's leaders, he travels to Russia, China, and France. He soon meets the beautiful Algerian-born Meredith, and they are drawn together by their love of the environment. With the ghost of Nixon assisting th... [click here for more] |
iUniverse, Inc. |
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by Julian Scott Yeomans ~
Climate change is a major environmental concern of regional, national, and international scope, but its inherent uncertainties have often been cited as the main reason for delaying any actions to mitigate its potential impacts. Recent reviews of environmental impact assessments have shown that impacts from climate change have been inadequately addressed and tha... [click here for more] |
iUniverse, Inc. |
$6.00
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Water. We can’t live without it. Not a Drop to Drink sounds the alarm, detailing the current state of emergency facing the U.S. water supply. From the parched High Plains to corporate boardrooms, Ken Midkiff explores water wars, privatization, American agriculture, and global warming. And what we can do to get a glass of water.
“An insightful analysis of the... [click here for more] |
New World Library |
$14.95 |
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The 20th century saw unprecedented growth in population, energy consumption and food production. As the population shifted from rural to urban, the impact of humans on the environment increased dramatically. The 21st century ushered in an era of declines, in a number of crucial parameters: Global oil, natural gas and coal extractionYearly grain harvestsClimate stabilityPopulationEco... [click here for more] |
New Society |
$24.95
$18.95 |
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The invasion of Iraq may well be remembered as the first oil currency war. Far from being a response to 9-11 terrorism or Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction, Petrodollar Warfare argues that the invasion was precipitated by two converging phenomena: the imminent peak in global oil production, and the ascendance of the euro currency. Energy analysts agree that world oil... [click here for more] |
New Society |
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Concerns over climate change and energy depletion are increasing exponentially.
Mainstream solutions still assume a panacea that will cure our climate ills without requiring any serious modification to our way of life.
Plan C explores the risks inherent in trying to continue our energy-intensive lifestyle. Using dirtier fossil fuels (Plan A) or switching to renewable ener... [click here for more] |
New Society |
$19.95
$14.95 |
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In the waning days of the American Empire the US administration finds itself mired in political crisis; foreign policy has come under sharp criticism; and the economy is in steep decline. These trends mirror the experience of the Soviet Union in the early 1980's. Reinventing Collapse examines the circumstances of the demise of the Soviet superpower and offers clear insights into how ... [click here for more] |
New Society |
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As mayors and city councilors seek solutions to climate change, existing policies and legislation can stand in the way of effective change.
The Carbon Charter is the first book to describe the municipal bylaws required to abate climate change and create sustainable communities. It provides city councilors with a cut-and-paste set of green bylaws and policies of best practices cul... [click here for more] |
New Society |
$16.95
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It is easy to feel overwhelmed by the urgency of global climate change. But when author Guy Dauncey assembles the world's best solutions in one place, as he does in The Climate Challenge, a vision emerges of a sustainable energy revolution. He opens the door to a century of exciting change, characterized by renewable energy, sustainable farming, carbon-rich forestry, green cities, electric vehi... [click here for more] |
New Society |
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$18.95 |
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by Art Bell, Whitley Strieber ~
1998 was the most violent year in the history of weather, and ended as the hottest year ever recorded. According to a 1999 report, worldwide temperatures are rising much faster than expected. Global warming is about to cause the North Atlantic Current, which pumps warm water into the Arctic, to suddenly drop to a more southerly route, This will cause an e... [click here for more] |
Pocket Books |
$6.99
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In response to the coming impact of peak oil, John Michael Greer helps us envision the transition from an industrial society to a sustainable ecotechnic world - not returning to the past, but creating a society that supports relatively advanced technology on a sustainable resource base.
Fusing human ecology and history, this book challenges assumptions held by mainstream and altern... [click here for more] |
New Society |
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In October 2006, Nicholas Stern, one of the greatest economists and public intellectuals of our day, made headlines around the world with his report, which reviewed the costs and benefits of dealing with global warming. The world’s community has learned that it must act to mitigate global climate change, but until the Stern Review, no one knew how much it would cost, and how to do it. Now... [click here for more] |
The Perseus Books Group |
$26.95
$17.79 |
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Gases in the atmosphere, known as greenhouse gases, are causing Earth’s temperature to rise. These gases let rays of heat and light through the atmosphere. The greenhouse gases trap some of these rays, which heat the atmosphere. While our planet needs a certain level of greenhouse gases to support life, too much can lead to global warming—the overheating of... [click here for more] |
Compass Point Books |
$26.60
$13.30 |
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The world is about to run out of cheap oil and change dramatically. Within the next few years, global production will peak. Thereafter, even if industrial societies begin to switch to alternative energy sources, they will have less net energy each year to do all the work essential to the survival of complex societies. We are entering a new era, as different from the industrial era as the latter... [click here for more] |
New Society |
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The Understanding Science - The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming unit was developed to lead to understanding of Global Warming and the impact that Human Activity has on this effect. Upon completion of this unit students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to Global Warming. Each section devoted on a specific area of the ris... [click here for more] |
New Learning Publishing |
$8.25
$4.99 |
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My Understanding Water Rights and Conflicts, Second Edition ebook will help you discover the reasons that water supply and availability are so critical to our quality of life and why that quality of life may be threatened in the coming years. You will discover: Is there enough water? Where does your water come from? What problems face your water supply? Is te... [click here for more] |
H. Court Young |
$19.95
$9.95 |
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The Understanding Weather and Weather Patterns unit was developed to help students discover weather and weather patterns of Earth. Upon completion of this unit students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting. The unit will explain how incoming solar radiation, ocean currents, and landmasses affect weather and climate. Use the conc... [click here for more] |
New Learning Publishing |
$8.25
$4.99 |
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In 1950, only thirty percent of the world's population lived in cities. By 2007, the planet's population has now doubled and today, as many people live in cities as populated the entire planet in 1950. Eighty percent of the planet's greenhouse gases are created by these energy-intensive urban centers. Thus, the key to creating climate change solutions resides with cities. A... [click here for more] |
New Society |
$17.95
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The Watershed Sentinel is a bi-monthly magazine with 5 thought provoking issues a year from British Columbia on the West Coast of Canada. It offers a mix of bioregional and global perspectives on environmental, health, and sustainability topics. The Watershed Sentinel watches over some of the most stunning landscapes in the world: tall trees, taller mountains, and the expansive ocean and forest... [click here for more] |
Watershed Sentinel |
$22.50
$15.00 |
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