Environmental Policy

Image of Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America
Author(s):
Joshua Frank
Genre(s):
Public Policy, Environmental Policy, Political & Social Science, Environment, Current/Public Affairs & Events

Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America

October 10, 2022
Reviewed by: 
Roberta E. Winter

Joshua Frank’s ballsy tell-all of the Hanford pillaging of the American people’s pocketbooks, while as the same time, never achieving the one objective the government contractors were hired to do—e

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Image of How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
Author(s):
Bill Gates
Genre(s):
Environment, Environmental Policy, Ecology & Environment

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need

February 22, 2021
Reviewed by: 
Walter Clemens

“How to Avoid a Climate Disaster is a primer for every citizen and a checklist for specialists to make sure they have the big picture.”                            

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Image of The Fragile Earth: Writings from The New Yorker on Climate Change
Author(s):
David Remnick
Editor(s):
Henry Finder
Genre(s):
Essays, Climate, Environment, Environmental Policy

The Fragile Earth: Writings from The New Yorker on Climate Change

February 6, 2021
Reviewed by: 
Joseph Barbato

Nearly two dozen outstanding articles on climate change, just in time for the U.S. return to the Paris accords. Now, what?

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Image of Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains
Author(s):
Kerri Arsenault
Genre(s):
Personal Memoir, Cities & Municipalities, Environmental Policy

Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains

August 31, 2020
Reviewed by: 
Joseph Barbato

“Kerri Arsenault’s portrayal of the devastating impact of unregulated capitalism on the lives of poor, mainly dark-skinned people is a serious indictment of the American way.”

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Image of Environment (Object Lessons)
Author(s):
Rolf Halden
Genre(s):
Philosophy, Environmental Policy, Popular Culture

Environment (Object Lessons)

April 10, 2020
Reviewed by: 
James H. McDonald

“Environment reminds us that our patterns of production and consumption are often desperately destructive.

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Image of All Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon's Perspective on Climate Change
Author(s):
Michael Klare
Genre(s):
U.S., Environment, Current/Public Affairs & Events, Environmental Policy, Public Policy

All Hell Breaking Loose: Climate Change, Global Chaos, and American National Security

February 15, 2020
Reviewed by: 
Judith Deutsch

Michael Klare’s newest book departs from many of his previous works on America’s oil wars and disastrous, often provocative militaristic policies.

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Image of No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Author(s):
Greta Thunberg
Genre(s):
Current/Public Affairs & Events, Environment, Political & Social Science, Environmental Policy

No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

December 12, 2019
Reviewed by: 
James H. McDonald

“It’s a ‘strange world.’ It’s one where politicians and corporations find it too expensive to save the planet.”

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Image of Troubled Water: What's Wrong with What We Drink
Author(s):
Seth M. Siegel
Genre(s):
Environmental Policy, Sustainability, Current/Public Affairs & Events

Troubled Water: What's Wrong with What We Drink

October 2, 2019
Reviewed by: 
Francesca Spina

“This book is highly recommended for anyone who wants to be more informed about issues related to our water supply, steps being taken to improve the situation, and ideas for the future.”

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Image of The Mudd Club
Author(s):
Richard Boch
Genre(s):
Performing Arts, Environmental Policy, Celebrity

The Mudd Club

September 12, 2017
Reviewed by: 
Paul LaRosa

The Mudd Club was the Brigadoon of the late ’70s New York City music scene.

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Image of Are We Screwed?: How a New Generation is Fighting to Survive Climate Change
Author(s):
Geoff Dembicki
Genre(s):
Politics, Environmental Policy, Environment, Climate

Are We Screwed?: How a New Generation Is Fighting to Survive Climate Change

August 21, 2017
Reviewed by: 
Roberta E. Winter

". . . read this evocative collection of stories about young people who are making a difference in environmental and political stewardship."

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Image of Wild Things, Wild Places: Adventurous Tales of Wildlife and Conservation on Planet Earth
Author(s):
Jane Alexander
Genre(s):
Environmental Policy

Wild Things, Wild Places: Adventurous Tales of Wildlife and Conservation on Planet Earth

October 13, 2016
Reviewed by: 
Marilyn Gates

“We depend upon the benefits from nature to sustain our bodies and the solace of wild places to soothe our souls, but somewhere along the way we lost respect for nature. We lost wonder.

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Image of Blue Revolution: Unmaking America's Water Crisis
Author(s):
Cynthia Barnett
Genre(s):
Environmental Policy, Environment

Blue Revolution: Unmaking America's Water Crisis

September 20, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Stephen Roulac

“Our future depends on the Blue Revolution that Cynthia Barnett advocates, for, as the ancients knew long before modern science did, ‘Water is life.’”

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Image of Crashes, Crises, and Calamities: How We Can Use Science to Read the Early-Warning Signs
Author(s):
Len Fisher
Genre(s):
Natural Sciences, Environmental Policy, Anthologies

Crashes, Crises, and Calamities: How We Can Use Science to Read the Early-Warning Signs

January 25, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Robert Schaefer

Len Fisher is an author of popular science, and his How to Dunk a Doughnut was named Best Popular Science Book of the Year by the American Institute of Physics.

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