The Global Warming Reader: A Century of Writing About Climate Change

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Van Jones, Al Gore, Elizabeth Kolbert, Naomi Klein, and other essential voices on global warming, from its 19th-century discovery to the present, in a volume edited by Bill McKibben, our most widely respected environmental writer
With the rise of extreme weather events worldwide–witness the devastation wrought by Hurricanes Sandy, Irene, and Katrina, and the sustained drought across the American West–global warming has become increasingly difficult to deny.
What is happening to our planet? And what can we do about it? The Global Warming Reader provides more than thirty-five answers to these burning questions, from more than one hundred years of engagement with the topic. Here is Elizabeth Kolbert’s groundbreaking essay “The Darkening Sea,” Michael Crichton’s skeptical view of climate change, George Monbiot’s biting indictment of those who are really using up the planet’s resources, NASA scientist James Hansen’s testimony before the U.S. Congress, and clarion calls for action by Al Gore, Arundhati Roy, Naomi Klein, Van Jones, and many others. The Global Warming Reader is a comprehensive resource, expertly edited by someone who lives and breathes this defining issue of our time.
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 27, 2012
Edition ‏ : ‎ Original
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0143121898
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0143121893
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.9 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.47 x 0.94 x 8.23 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #2,074,440 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #723 in Rivers in Earth Science #1,063 in Weather (Books) #1,115 in Environmental Policy
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