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. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Miriam Horn, Fred Krupp
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.03.2009
• EAN: 9780393334197
• ISBN: 978-0-393-33419-7
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; Umweltschutz, Klimawandel, Alternativenergie, Erneuerbare Energie, Treibhauseffekt