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9781578051908

Coming Clean Breaking America's Addiction to Oil and Coal

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  • ISBN13:

    9781578051908

  • ISBN10:

    1578051908

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-11-01
  • Publisher: Sierra Club Books
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Summary

The catastrophic release of oil into the Gulf of Mexico by BP's Deepwater Horizon well has been a wake-up call, bringing home to Americans in a very personal way-more powerfully than statistics on peak oil or global warming-the message that we must end our destructive dependence on dirty fuels. We want to move our country toward a clean-energy future, and this book provides a road map for how to get there.

Author Biography

Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club, has seen firsthand the devastation caused by the BP oil disaster in the Gulf. Nationally recognized as one of today's most inspiring and effective environmental leaders, he previously served as executive director of Rainforest Action Network for seven years. Brune lives with his wife and their two young children in Alameda, California.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. 9
Preface to the Second Editionp. 11
Introduction It's Time to Refuelp. 14
Getting Our Fixp. 26
The True Cost of America's Oil Habit
Smokescreenp. 45
The Dirty Side of ôClean Coalö
Separate Oil and Statep. 65
Getting Fossilized Power Out of Politics
Follow the Moneyp. 82
How Your Bank Is Funding Climate Change, and What You Can Do about It
Redesigning Mobilityp. 103
Moving America in a Post-Oil Economy
Jump-Start Detroitp. 120
How Automakers Can Save Themselves, and the Planet
Growing Gasp. 138
Are Biofuels Fueling or Fooling America?
Greening the Gridp. 156
How Sun and Wind Can Generate Power and Prosperity
Less Is Morep. 178
Fighting Climate Change While Living the Good Life
Power Shiftp. 195
Shaping a Clean-Energy Society
Afterword Beyond the Gulf Oil Disasterp. 209
Resourcesp. 221
Notesp. 242
Indexp. 290
About the Authorp. 301
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