"Saul Griffith lays out an accessible, rigorously-researched plan to decarbonize the U.S. economy in time to address climate change. His plan, in short, is to "electrify everything." Griffith uses his deep understanding of U.S. energy flows, materials, and clean energy technologies to show that decarbonizing in time to meet climate goals is not only possible, but can be done without major sacri…
"Shows the flaws in using "the war metaphor" to understand and organize our response to pandemics and urges its abandonment"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"An examination of the daily grind of living with pollution in rural China and of the varying forms of activism that develop in response, revised from the original 2017 edition with a new preface"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"In 2015, a group of 21 young people came together to sue the federal government for violating their constitutional rights by promoting the climate catastrophe that has already begun to deprive them of life, liberty and property without due process of law. The path breaking litigation, Juliana v United States, has had more success in the courts than many expected, but the federal government has…
"A trade book based on the final report of MIT's Work of the Future Task Force"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Care-Centered Politics provides a framework for the vision and the linkages needed to help create a more care-centered society and planet"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"This book shows how confusion resulting from conflicts in Ukraine have repeatedly created the urgent need for meaning in a chaotic situation. Focusing on Ukraine in the aftermath of the so-called Euromaidan revolution in late 2013 and up through the present Russian invasion, this book analyzes how meaning is made as a nation seeks to control its image at home and especially abroad"--OCLC-licen…
"Written by Michael Jacobson, Ph.D., one of the most prominent advocates for sodium reduction since the 1970s, this book is a clarion call for radical change in America's relationship to salt"-- Provided by publisher.How food industry lobbyists and a small group of scientists have successfully fought government efforts to reduce dangerous levels of sodium in our food.A high-sodium diet is deadl…
"A collection of essays addressing Karl Brunner's contributions to monetarism, and the significance of monetarism to modern macroeconomics"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"On the global development of legislation, treaty negotiations, constitutional measures, and litigation resulting in legal recognition of Rights of Nature (RoN), including the cultural and political influences that determined how these legal rights were framed, the method of adoption and, importantly, the evolution of RoN enforcement through judicial decisions and growing cultural familiarity w…