Hope for a heated planet : how Americans are fighting global warming and building a better future / Robert K. Musil.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Musil, Robert K., 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Global warming.

Climatic changes--United States.

Climatic changes.

Global warming--Health aspects.

Carbon dioxide--Physiological effect.

Carbon dioxide.

Green movement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rejecting cries of gloom and doom, Hope for a Heated Planet shows how the fight against global warming can be won by the grassroots efforts of individuals. Robert K. Musil, who led the Nobel Peace Prize-winning organization Physicians for Social Responsibility, explains that a growing new climate movement can produce unprecedented change-in the economy, public health, and home-while saving the planet. Musil draws on personal experience and compelling data in this practical and rigorous analysis of the causes and cures for global warming. The book presents all the players in the most pressing challenge facing society today, from the massive fossil fuel lobby to the enlightened corporations that are joining the movement to "go green." Musil thoroughly explains the tremendous potential of renewable energy sources-wind, solar, and biofuel-and the startling conclusions of experts who say society can do away entirely with fossil fuels. He tells readers about the engaged politicians, activists, religious groups, and students who are already working together against climate change. But the future depends, Musil insists, on what changes ordinary citizens make. Through personal choices and political engagement, he shows how readers can cut carbon emissions and create green communities where they live. With practical and realistic solutions, Hope for a Heated Planet inspires readers to be accountable and enables them to usher in an age of sustainability for future generations.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

Introduction

1. Understanding Climate Change: A Public Health Approach

2. Home, Home on the Range: Climate Change in the United States

3. The Power of the Carbon Lobby

4. Framing and Talking about Global Warming

5. Assessing the Big Greens: Start Over or Build from Strength?

6. The New Climate Movement

7. Where Do Emissions and Energy Come From?

8. Energy Futures

9. Creating Hope: What You Can Do

10. Hope for a Heated Planet: Policy and Politics

NOTES

INDEX

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-248) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-95880-8

9786611958800

0-8135-4623-0

OCLC:

476231985