John C. Berg

Leave It in the Ground (eBook, ePUB)

The Politics of Coal and Climate

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Employing scientific explanations and hard data, this book shows why coal is such a problem, how the pro-coal forces got to be so powerful, and how those forces might be defeated through political activism.

Coal provided the energy to build modern civilization. This energy source raised standards of living, multiplied the earth's population, and enabled people in developed countries to enjoy leisure time. Today, we know that if we burn all the coal available, climate change will continue to increase. But the use of coal isn't purely an environmental issue; political and economic forces are also at play. This book examines the politics and environmental impact of coal production and distribution, presenting a clear point of view-that we must shift away from coal use-backed by hard data and supplying specific prescriptions for opposing and regulating the coal industry.

John C. Berg explains how ending the burning of coal (and of oil and natural gas) is a political problem rather than a technical one; explodes the "clean coal" myth, providing scientific documentation of how burning coal emits more greenhouse gases per unit of energy than any other fuel; and describes how controlling coal use in the United States will also restore the possibility of a meaningful international climate agreement. Additionally, readers will understand the critical importance of activism-from local to international-in spurring government regulation to control the coal industry, which can only be defeated politically.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216110194
• Artikelnr.: 68167979

Autorenporträt

John C. Berg is professor of government and director of environmental studies at Suffolk University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Political History of
Coal Chapter 3 Coal and Air Pollution Chapter 4 The Science of Coal and
Climate Chapter 5 Can We Live with Coal? Can We Live without It? Chapter 6
The International Politics of Coal Chapter 7 Coal and Climate in the Obama
Administration Chapter 8 From President Trump to the Future Notes
Bibliography Index