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Informationen zum Autor Kristin Shrader-Frechette, Ph.D is O'Neill Endowed Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and Department of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame. Author of 16 books and 380 professional articles - translated into 13 languages - and energy-environmental-health advisor to many nations and governments, she directs the Notre Dame Center for Environmental Justice and Children's Health. She is also the author of Environmental Justice and Taking Action, Saving Lives, and Tainted: How Philosophy of Science Can Expose Bad Science (forthcoming), all published by Oxford University Press. Klappentext What Will Work makes a rigorous and compelling case that energy efficiencies and renewable energy ¿ and not nuclear fission or "clean coal"¿ are the most effective, cheapest, and equitable solutions to the pressing problem of climate change. Zusammenfassung What Will Work makes a rigorous and compelling case that energy efficiencies and renewable energy -- and not nuclear fission or "clean coal"-- are the most effective, cheapest, and equitable solutions to the pressing problem of climate change. Inhaltsverzeichnis Glossary Chapter 1: Why Climate-Change Skeptics Are Wrong Chapter 2: Trimming the Data on Nuclear Greenhouse Emissions Chapter 3: Trimming the Data on Nuclear Costs Chapter 4: Nuclear Safety, Flawed Science, and Accident Cover-Up Chapter 5: Nuclear Energy and Environmental Justice Chapter 6: The Solution: Using Renewable Energy, Efficiency, and Conservation to Address Climate Change Chapter 7: Answering Objections Chapter 8: Conclusions Notes
