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Publisher
PublicAffairs, Hatchette Book Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Recycle. Fly less. Eat less meat. These are some of the tactics that we've been told can slow climate change. But most of these recommendations are a result of a multi-pronged marketing campaign that has succeeded in placing the responsibility for fixing climate change squarely on the shoulders of individuals. Fossil fuel companies have followed the example of other industries deflecting blame (think "guns don't kill people, people kill people")...
Author
Publisher
City Lights Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The prospect of a Green New Deal-sustainable energy, and justice for all Americans-has instilled millions of people with a sense of hope. To make it happen, the plan will require a national mobilization on a scale not seen since World War II. But will it be enough to prevent disaster? Scientists now warn that we have little time to eliminate greenhouse emissions. To do what's required, Stan Cox urges readers to embrace the Green New Deal but go beyond...
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"This book presents the scientific underpinnings needed to achieve the ambitious environmental, economic, and social justice goals of a green new deal. It describes a convergence of the natural sciences, economics, social sciences, and the engagement of diverse groups of stakeholders to seek knowledge, policies, and solutions leading to a more sustainable, prosperous, and just future"--
Author
Publisher
Regnery Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Marc Morano, author of Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change, breaks down the science and the politics around the Green New Deal. Climate change has already been “solved” multiple times over the past two decades-with highly touted international agreements-and yet it never goes away as an excuse for leftist policies that will cripple our economy, impoverish the world, and take away our freedoms. Green Fraud is your source for all the facts...
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Paperback
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"An urgent and definitive collection of essays from leaders and experts championing the Green New Deal-and a detailed playbook for how we can win it-including contributions by leading activists and progressive writers like Varshini Prakash, Rhiana Gunn-Wright, Bill McKibben, Rev William Barber II, and more"--
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Series
Publisher
Verso
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Explores the political potential and concrete first steps of a Green New Deal. The authors call for dismantling the fossil fuel industry and building beautiful landscapes of renewable energy, guaranteeing climate-friendly work and no-carbon housing and free public transit. And they show how a Green New Deal in the United States can strengthen climate justice movements worldwide. --From publisher description.
Author
Publisher
Verso
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Argues that economic change is wholly possible, based on the understanding that finance, the economy and the ecosystem are all tightly bound together. The Green New Deal demands total decarbonization and a commitment to an economy based on fairness and social justice. It proposes a radical new understanding of the international monetary system. Pettifor offers a roadmap for financial reform both nationally and globally, taking the economy back from...
Author
Publisher
Verso
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In this groundbreaking analysis, Matthew T. Huber argues that the carbon-intensive capitalist class must be confronted with its disproportionate effect on the climate. Yet, at present the climate movement is unpopular and rooted in the professional class, where it remains incapable of meeting this dizzying challenge. As an alternative, Huber proposes a climate politics to appeal to the majority--the working class--and he evaluates the Green New Deal...
Publisher
Freestyle Digital Media
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
It is set along the rivers of Oregon and the Columbia Gorge. We meet Lauren Regan, a criminal defense attorney using this same strategy to defend her clients, including a social worker and Umatilla tribal elder, Cathy Sampson-Kruse, arrested for blocking a mega load carrying toxic materials. Attorney Direlle Calica takes us through intertribal alliances that are at the heart of a regional fight over oil trains and terminals. We hear some of the dilemmas...
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