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200 10$aDown to the wire $econfronting climate collapse /$fDavid W. Orr
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$dc2009
215   $a1 online resource (284 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311 08$a0-19-539353-8 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aContents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE; CHAPTER 1 Governance; CHAPTER 2 Late-Night Thoughts about Democracy in the Long Emergency; CHAPTER 3 Leadership in the Long Emergency; PART II: CONNECTIONS; CHAPTER 4 The Carbon Connection; CHAPTER 5 The Spirit of Connection; PART III: FARTHER HORIZONS; CHAPTER 6 Millennial Hope; CHAPTER 7 Hope at the End of Our Tether; CHAPTER 8 The Upshot: What Is to Be Done?; Postscript: A Disclosure; Notes; Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
330   $a""The real fault line in American politics is not between liberals and conservatives.... It is, rather, in how we orient ourselves to the generations to come who will bear the consequences, for better and for worse, of our actions."" So writes David Orr in Down to the Wire, a sober and eloquent assessment of climate destabilization and an urgent call to action. Orr describes how political negligence, an economy based on the insatiable consumption of trivial goods, and a disdain for the well-being of future generations have brought us to the tipping point that biologist Edward O. Wilson calls "
606   $aClimatic changes
606   $aClimatic changes
615  0$aClimatic changes.
615  0$aClimatic changes.
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