Straight up : America's fiercest climate blogger takes on the status quo media, politicians, and clean energy solutions / / Joseph J. Romm

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808602203321
• Autore: Romm Joseph J
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC, : Island Press, c2010
• ISBN: 1-59726-795-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Disciplina: 551.6
• Soggetti: Climatic changes - United States; Communication in science - Political aspects - United States; Global warming - Press coverage - United States; Scientists - Psychology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The status quo media -- Uncharacteristically blunt scientists -- The clean energy solution -- Peak oil? Consider it solved -- The clean energy new deal -- The Bush-Cheney reign of error -- The right-wing disinformation machine -- Diagnosing someone with anti-scientific syndrome (ASS) -- Why are progressive so lousy at messaging? -- Conclusion : is the global economy a Ponzi scheme?
• Sommario/riassunto: In 2009, Rolling Stone named Joe Romm to its list of "100 People Who Are Changing America." Romm is a climate expert, physicist, energy consultant, and former official in the Department of Energy. But it's his influential blog, one of the "Top Fifteen Green Websites" according to Time magazine, that's caught national attention. Climate change is far more urgent than people understand, Romm says, and traditional media, scientists, and politicians are missing the story. Straight Up draws on Romm's most important posts to explain the dangers of and solutions to climate change that you won't find in newspapers, in journals, or on T.V.