Straight Up

by Romm, Joseph J.

• ISBN13: 9781597267168
• ISBN10: 1597267163
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-15
• Publisher: Island Pr

Summary

Straight Up draws on Joe Romm's celebrated blog, ClimateProgress.org, to explain the dangers of and solutions to climate change that you won't find in newspapers or on TV. His analysis is based on sophisticated knowledge of clean energy technologies, climate impacts, and government policy, written in a "straight up" style everyone can understand. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Joseph 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.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Why I Blog	p. 1
The Status Quo Media	p. 11
Uncharacteristically Blunt Scientists	p. 43
The Clean Energy Solution	p. 67
Peak Oil? Consider It Solved	p. 101
The Clean Energy New Deal	p. 121
The Bush-Cheney Reign of Error	p. 137
The Right-Wing Disinformation Machine	p. 149
Diagnosing Someone with Anti-Scientific Syndrome (ASS)	p. 163
Why Are Progressives So Lousy at Messaging?	p. 181
Conclusion Is the Global Economy a Ponzi Scheme?	p. 213
Afterword	p. 217
Index	p. 227
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