Green: Your Place in the New Energy Revolution

by Hoffman, Jane; Hoffman, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780230605442
• ISBN10: 0230605443
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-06-24
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Summary

Introduction by Bill Clinton. Green will illustrate and shed new light on the gamut of issues associated with renewable energy, a topic whose importance increases exponentially with every temperature record-setting year.

Author Biography

Jane Hoffman is a nationally renowned policy expert on consumer issues and domestic policy and has acted as advisor on energy issues to all of the major Democratic 2008 presidential candidates. She ran the Department of Consumer Affairs during the Giuliani administration, and has also worked as a Senior Producer at CNN. She serves as a Trustee of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and is a member of EMILY’S List Majority Council.  Michael Hoffman is managing director of Riverstone Holdings, LLC, where he manages the world's largest renewable energy fund.  He specializes in global investments in renewable energy and power enterprises.  They live in New York City.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Even Dogs Can See in Green	p. 1
Green Money	p. 11
Energy Present	p. 27
Renewable Energy, A Primer	p. 57
Power Playing	p. 73
Power to the People	p. 115
Fuelish Choices	p. 129
Creating a Renewable Industry	p. 159
Technologies that Don't Exist Yet	p. 181
The Global Low-Carbon Economy	p. 193
The Green Standard: Best Practices	p. 203
Conclusion: The Green Economy	p. 229
Source Notes	p. 235
Index	p. 245
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