Big Coal (ePub)
The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future
(Sprache: Englisch)
New York Times-Bestselling Author:"Should be ready by anyone who owns a microwave, or an iPod, or a table lamp, which is to say everyone." -Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the...
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New York Times-Bestselling Author:"Should be ready by anyone who owns a microwave, or an iPod, or a table lamp, which is to say everyone." -Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
Coal is still a significant source of power in the United States-and coal mining is still a deadly and environmentally destructive industry. Much of the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere each year comes from coal-fired power plants, and in recent decades air pollution from coal plants has killed more than half a million Americans. In this eye-opening call to action, Jeff Goodell explains the costs and consequences of America's addiction to coal and discusses how we can kick the habit.
"[A] compelling indictment... powerful." -The New York Times Book Review
"Goodell's description of the mining-related deaths, the widespread health consequences of burning coal and the impact on our planet's increasingly fragile ecosystem make for compelling reading, but... are not what lift this book out of the ordinary. That distinction belongs to Goodell's fieldwork, which takes him to Atlanta, West Virginia, Wyoming, China and beyond." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Goodell does a first-rate job of balancing environmental concerns with interviews from the human faces associated with 'Big Coal'." -Library Journal
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
Coal is still a significant source of power in the United States-and coal mining is still a deadly and environmentally destructive industry. Much of the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere each year comes from coal-fired power plants, and in recent decades air pollution from coal plants has killed more than half a million Americans. In this eye-opening call to action, Jeff Goodell explains the costs and consequences of America's addiction to coal and discusses how we can kick the habit.
"[A] compelling indictment... powerful." -The New York Times Book Review
"Goodell's description of the mining-related deaths, the widespread health consequences of burning coal and the impact on our planet's increasingly fragile ecosystem make for compelling reading, but... are not what lift this book out of the ordinary. That distinction belongs to Goodell's fieldwork, which takes him to Atlanta, West Virginia, Wyoming, China and beyond." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Goodell does a first-rate job of balancing environmental concerns with interviews from the human faces associated with 'Big Coal'." -Library Journal
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Jeff Goodell
- 2007, 352 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: HMH Books
- ISBN-10: 0547526628
- ISBN-13: 9780547526621
- Erscheinungsdatum: 03.04.2007
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