Coming clean : breaking America's addiction to oil and coal

Brune, Michael 1971- (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 1578051908 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781578051908 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: 301 pages ; 23 cm
print
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: San Francisco : Sierra Club Books, [2010]
Copyright: ©2010

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: It's time to refuel -- Getting our fix : the true cost of America's oil habit -- Smokescreen : the dirty side of "clean coal" -- Separate oil and state : getting fossilized power out of politics -- Follow the money : how your bank is funding climate change, and what you can do about it -- Redesigning mobility : moving America in a post-oil economy -- Jump-start Detroit : how automakers can save themselves, and the planet -- Growing gas : are biofuels fueling or fooling America? -- Greening the grid : how sun and wind can generate power and prosperity -- Less is more : fighting climate change while living the good life -- Power shift : shaping a clean-energy society -- Afterword: Beyond the Gulf oil disaster.