Earth: The Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming

Science News, March 15, 2008

EARTH: THE SEQUEL The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming FRED KRUPP AND MIRIAM HORN

Industrialization has put Earth at the brink of climate calamity, say Krupp and Horn. Here, they describe a possible remedy, what they call "a new industrial revolution" that promises to "secure the world against the dangers of global warming." But the key players of this revolution may not succeed without immediate changes. Technologies using alternative energy haven't been more successful, they say, because there's no cost attached to greenhouse gases and pollution emitted by power plants, factories, and cars; and no benefit that flows to those who reduce pollution. Krupp and Horn, of the Environmental Defense Fund, describe inventors and investors with the courage and creativity to drive change. But first, they say, for innovators to have a shot at competing fairly in the global free market, the U.S. Congress must set "a legal and steadily declining limit on global warming pollution" to enable new solutions to launch into the mainstream. W.W. Norton, 2008, 279 p., hardcover, $24.95.

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