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Coming Clean
Michael Brune
其他書名
Breaking America's Addiction to Oil and Coal
出版Sierra Club Books, 2008
主題Business & Economics / Green BusinessLaw / EnvironmentalNature / Environmental Conservation & ProtectionNature / Natural ResourcesPolitical Science / Public Policy / Environmental PolicyScience / Environmental ScienceTechnology & Engineering / Power Resources / Alternative & Renewable
ISBN15780514959781578051496
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=h70eAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋According to recent polls, more than three-quarters of Americans believe our nation should be energy-independent, and more than 70 percent believe our government should do more to help arrest climate change. Yet Congress and the White House take only tiny steps toward these goals, and large-scale investment in clean energy lags far behind the urgent demand. Why? And what can we do about it? In this timely book, Michael Brune, executive director of Rainforest Action Network (RAN), shows us how we, as motivated citizens, can engage in promoting solutions and collectively pressure policymakers and corporations to change their energy priorities. His vivid reports remind us of the economic, environmental, moral, and public-health costs of fossil-fuel dependence, and how our government and financial institutions are complicit. Brune also describes the most promising developments in renewables, biofuels, and efficient design, and outlines an inspiring vision of the clean energy future within our reach. Under Brune's leadership, RAN has had stunning success in getting corporations--including Home Depot, FedEx Kinko's, Citigroup, and Bank of America--to green their business practices, and his activist skills and passion are at the heart of this book. Offering well-tested action strategies, Coming Clean is rooted in the author's faith that Americans acting together can create profound change