Climate

Image of Extreme Cities: The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change
Author(s):
Ashley Dawson
Genre(s):
Environment, Climate, Political & Social Science

Extreme Cities: The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change

June 15, 2018
Reviewed by: 
Robert Schaefer

“Extreme Cities offers a mix of postmodernism, revolutionary ideology with only a few moments of rational clarity to imagine a dystopian future shaped by the force

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Image of Are We Screwed?: How a New Generation is Fighting to Survive Climate Change
Author(s):
Geoff Dembicki
Genre(s):
Politics, Environmental Policy, Environment, Climate

Are We Screwed?: How a New Generation Is Fighting to Survive Climate Change

August 21, 2017
Reviewed by: 
Roberta E. Winter

". . . read this evocative collection of stories about young people who are making a difference in environmental and political stewardship."

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Image of Thunder & Lightning: Weather Past, Present, Future
Author(s):
Lauren Redniss
Genre(s):
Earth Sciences, Climate, Graphic, Nonfiction, Comics, & Cartoons

Thunder & Lightning: Weather Past, Present, Future

October 26, 2015
Reviewed by: 
Lew Whittington

Science writer Lauren Redniss takes us on a most meditative, enchanting, and perilous journey via her prose and with her stunning artwork in Thunder & Lightning: Weather Past, Present, Futu

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Image of Harness the Sun: America's Quest for a Solar-Powered Future
Author(s):
Philip Warburg
Genre(s):
Energy, Climate

Harness the Sun: America's Quest for a Solar-Powered Future

October 20, 2015
Reviewed by: 
Robert Schaefer

“If you are unfamiliar with the increasing impact of solar energy in America, Harness the Sun should quickly bring you up to speed.”

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Image of Windfall: Wind Energy in America Today
Author(s):
Robert W. Righter
Genre(s):
Energy, Ecology & Environment, Climate

Windfall: Wind Energy in America Today

November 4, 2011
Reviewed by: 
W. R. Stephens

In medieval England the violent winds that tore through the woodlands on a lord’s estate brought bounty to the local peasants.

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Image of Clean Energy Nation: Freeing America from the Tyranny of Fossil Fuels
Author(s):
Congressman Jerry McNerney Ph.D., Martin Cheek
Genre(s):
Energy, Ecology & Environment, Climate

Clean Energy Nation: Freeing America from the Tyranny of Fossil Fuels

September 28, 2011
Reviewed by: 
W. R. Stephens

“. . . one of the truly impressive things about this book is its scope. . . . Despite being dense with data and statistics, Clean Energy Nation never becomes overly technical.

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