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  • Avoiding the Extinction of Humanity

    A Practical Plan

    by John M. Goodman ...
    If you are driving off a cliff, someone telling you to slow down isn't much of a help. (Well, slowing down while you turn in a new direction is likely to be a good idea.) By burning fossil fuels, humanity is now driving itself off a climate cliff toward extinction. We need to completely stop burning "stuff" (fossil fuels, or anything else) for energy. Yet to thrive we really do need lots of energy ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

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  • Afterburn

    Society Beyond Fossil Fuels

    by Richard Heinberg ...
    Essential, visionary essays about our post-carbon futureClimate change, along with the depletion of oil, coal, and gas dictate that we will inevitably move away from our profound societal reliance on fossil fuels; but just how big a transformation will this be? While many policy-makers assume that renewable energy sources will provide an easy "plug-and-play" solution, author Richard Heinberg ... Read more

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  • Terra Nova

    The New World After Oil, Cars, and Suburbs

    by Eric W. Sanderson ...
    A look at what the American lifestyle has done to the environment—and how to move toward a better future.In the last century, three powerful forces—oil, cars, and suburbs—buoyed the American dream. Yet now, the quality of life in the United States is declining due to these same three forces. Our dependence on oil is a root cause of wars, recessions, and natural disasters. Cars consume an outsize ... Read more

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  • Feed-in Tariffs

    Accelerating the Deployment of Renewable Energy

    by Miguel Mendonça ...
    A feed-in tariff is a renewable energy law that obliges energy suppliers to buy electricity produced from renewable resources at a fixed price, usually over a fixed period - even from householders. These legal guarantees ensure investment security, and the support of all viable renewable energy technologies. Supporters argue that the feed-in model, if implemented effectively around the world, ... Read more

    $79.69 CAD

  • Fevered

    Why a Hotter Planet Will Hurt Our Health -- and how we can save ourselves

    by Linda Marsa ...
    Beyond images of emaciated polar bears and drought-cracked lakes, there remains a major part of climate change's impact that the media has neglected: how our health will suffer from higher temperatures and extreme weather. From spiraling rates of asthma and allergies and spikes in heatstroke-related deaths to swarms of invasive insects carrying diseases like dengue or West Nile and increases in ... Read more

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  • How Can I Stop Climate Change

    What is it and how to help

    by Friends of the Earth ...
    Don’t just sit there, do something. But what? How Can I Stop Climate Change? explains what climate change is and what you can do to stop it. Written by the experts at Friends of the Earth, it gives you the facts and figures and offers practical advice and simple solutions.What is happening and why?Learn to distinguish myth from fact and find out what the future holds, based on the scientific ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • A Green Reef

    The Impact of Climate Change

    by Stephen Henighan ...
    In spite of its disturbing implications, the impact of climate change on our physical environment can be difficult for us to understand or imagine. Moving from a memoir of a journey through an abundant yet fragile natural world to the daunting scientific evidence that climate change will lead to the degradation of nature and upheaval within society, this essay offers a lucid personal approach to ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Coping with Climate Change – the Roles of Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    Genetic resources for food and agriculture play a crucial role in food security, nutrition and livelihoods and in the provision of environmental services. They are key components of sustainability, resilience and adaptability in production systems. They underpin the ability of crops, livestock, aquatic organisms and forest trees to withstand a range of harsh conditions. Climate change poses new ... Read more

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  • Corporate Responses to Climate Change

    Achieving Emissions Reductions through Regulation, Self-regulation and Economic Incentives

    by Rory Sullivan ...
    Given the scale of the greenhouse gas emissions reductions that are seen as necessary to avert the worst effects of climate change, policy action is likely to result in a complete reshaping of the world economy. The consequences are not confined to 'obvious' sectors such as power generation, transport and heavy industry; virtually every company's activities, business models and strategies will ... Read more

    $111.30 CAD

  • Animals' Influence on the Landscape and Ecological Importance

    Natives, Newcomers, Homecomers

    by Friedrich-Karl Holtmeier ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    In its first English-language edition, this book introduces the many-faceted interactions of animal populations with their habitats. From soil fauna, ants and termites to small and large herbivores, burrowing mammals and birds, the author presents a comprehensive analysis of animals and ecosystems that is as broad and varied as all nature. Chapter 2 addresses the functional role of animals in ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • Tackling Long-Term Global Energy Problems

    The Contribution of Social Science

    Edited by Daniel Spreng, Thomas Flüeler, David L. Goldblatt, Jürg Minsch ...
    Series Book 52 - Environment & Policy
    This book makes a case for a multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach to energy research—one that brings more of the social sciences to bear. Featuring eight studies from across the spectrum of the social sciences, each applying multiple disciplines to one or more energy-related problems, the book demonstrates the strong analytical and policy-making potential of such a broadened ... Read more

    $256.99 CAD

  • No Immediate Danger

    Volume One of Carbon Ideologies

    by William T. Vollmann ...
    **“The most honest book about climate change yet.” —The Atlantic“The Infinite Jest of climate books.” —The BafflerA timely, eye-opening book about climate change and energy generation that focuses on the consequences of nuclear power production, from award-winning author William T. Vollmann**In his nonfiction, William T. Vollmann has won acclaim as a singular voice tackling some of the most ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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