Now or never : why we must act now to end climate change and create a sustainable future / Tim Flannery.
By: Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof).
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, 2009Edition: 1st ed.Description: xiv, 167 p. ; 19 cm.ISBN: 9780802118981 :; 0802118984 :.Subject(s): Sustainability | Climate and civilization | Climatic changes | Climatic changes -- Government policyItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 304.25 F614n 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003706348 |
In the year four billion -- The climate problem -- A new Dark Age? -- The coal conundrum -- America's new leadership -- Trees for security -- Revolution in the feedlot -- Animal solutions -- Farm-based ecological efficiency -- The age of sustainability?
Offers a powerful argument for immediate action on climate change, discussing issues ranging from balancing energy demands and food supply in India and China to the possibility of a viable electric car that could spell the end of big oil.
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