Coming clean:breaking America's addiction to oil and coal
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Sierra Club Books Distributed by Publishers Group West,
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Publisher Address: | San Francisco [Berkeley, Calif.] |
Publication Dates: | c2008. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | 269 p.: ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781578051496 (alk. paper) 1578051495 (alk. paper) |
Index Number: | F471 |
CLC: | F471.262 |
Call Number: | F471.262/B894 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-258) and index. Introduction: It's time to refuel -- Getting our fix: The true cost of America's oil habit -- Smokescreen: The dirty side of "clean coal" -- Separate oil and state: Getting fossilized power out of politics -- Follow the money: How your bank is funding climate change, and what you can do about it -- Redesigning mobility: Moving America in a post-oil economy -- Jump-start Detroit: How automakers can save themselves, and the planet -- Growing gas: Are biofuels fueling or fooling America -- Greening the grid: How sun and wind can generate power and prosperity -- Less is more: Fighting climate change while living the good life -- Power shift: Shaping a clean-energy society. |