Hot, flat, and crowded : why we need a green revolution--and how it can renew America

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Hot, flat, and crowded : why we need a green revolution--and how it can renew America

Title remainder

why we need a green revolution--and how it can renew America

Statement of responsibility

Thomas L. Friedman

Creator

• Friedman, Thomas L

Author

• Friedman, Thomas L

Subject

• Environmental policy -- United States
• Green movement -- United States
• Green technology -- United States
• Climatic changes
• United States -- Environmental conditions
• United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
• United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020
• Power resources -- Environmental aspects
• Energy policy -- United States

Language

eng

Summary

In this brilliant, essential book, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas L. Friedman speaks to America's urgent need for national renewal and explains how a green revolution can bring about both a sustainable environment and a sustainable America. Friedman explains how global warming, rapidly growing populations, and the expansion of the world's middle class through globalization have produced a dangerously unstable planet--one that is "hot, flat, and crowded." In this "Release 2.0 "edition, he also shows how the very habits that led us to ravage the natural world led to the meltdown of the financial markets and the Great Recession. The challenge of a sustainable way of life presents the United States with an opportunity not only to rebuild its economy, but to lead the world in radically innovating toward cleaner energy. And it could inspire Americans to something we haven't seen in a long time--nation-building in America--by summoning the intelligence, creativity, and concern for the common good that are our greatest national resources. "Hot, Flat, and Crowded" is classic Thomas L. Friedman: fearless, incisive, forward-looking, and rich in surprising common sense about the challenge--and the promise--of the future. -- Back cover

Cataloging source

BTCTA

Dewey number

363.705250973

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

GE197

LC item number

.F76 2009

Literary form

non fiction