Earth the Sequel - The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming

Informationen zum Autor Miriam Horn is the author of two previous books, including the New York Times best-selling Earth: The Sequel . She works at Environmental Defense Fund and lives in New York City. In his twenty-three years as president of Environmental Defense Fund, Fred Krupp has been the foremost champion of harnessing market forces for environmental ends. He lives in Connecticut. Klappentext The forecasts are grim and time is running out, but that s not the end of the story. In this book, Fred Krupp, longtime president of Environmental Defense Fund, brings a surprisingly hopeful message: We can solve global warming. And in doing so, we will build the new industries, jobs, and fortunes of the twenty-first century.In these pages the reader will encounter the bold innovators and investors who are reinventing energy and the ways we use it. These entrepreneurs are poised to remake the world s biggest business and save the planet if America s political leaders give them a fair chance to compete." Zusammenfassung How to harness the great forces of capitalism to save the world from catastrophe.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Miriam Horn, Horn Miriam, Fred Krupp, Krupp Fred
• Verlag: Norton and Co Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 20.03.2009
• EAN: 9780393334197
• ISBN: 978-0-393-33419-7
• Abmessung: 140 mm x 210 mm x 15 mm
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Biologie > Ökologie; Sachbuch > Natur, Technik > Natur und Gesellschaft: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; Umweltschutz, Klimawandel, Alternativenergie, Erneuerbare Energie, Treibhauseffekt