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Coming Clean: Breaking America's Addiction to Oil and Coal Paperback – November 1, 2010

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The catastrophic release of oil into the Gulf of Mexico by BP’s Deepwater Horizon well has been a wake-up call, bringing home to Americans in a very personal way—more powerfully than statistics on peak oil or global warming—the message that we must end our destructive dependence on fossil fuels. We want to move our country toward a clean-energy future, and this book provides a road map for how to get there.

Author Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club and former head of Rainforest Action Network, distills all his activist skills and passion into this handbook. He shows us how we, as motivated citizens, can put our convictions into practice and strategically pressure corporations and our government to change their energy priorities. His vivid reports track the myriad ways our thirst for ever-scarcer oil and coal harms communities like those along the Gulf coast, corrupts policy and finance, and wreaks havoc on the Earth and its climate. He also describes the most promising developments in renewables, biofuels, and efficient design. In a new afterword to this edition, Brune recounts his personal experiences working on the scene in the Gulf region, and offers an inspiring vision of the clean-energy future within our reach.
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  3. Publisher
    Sierra Club Books
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    November 1, 2010
  5. Dimensions
    6.25 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1578051908
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1578051908
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Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club, has seen firsthand the devastation caused by the BP oil disaster in the Gulf. Nationally recognized as one of today’s most inspiring and effective environmental leaders, he served as executive director of Rainforest Action Network for seven years, and previously worked with Greenpeace and the Coastal Rainforest Coalition (since renamed ForestEthics). Brune wrote the original edition of Coming Clean: Breaking America's Addiction to Oil and Coal in 2008, and he blogs regularly for The Huffington Post, SolveClimate, and Daily Kos. He lives with his wife and their two young children in Alameda, California.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sierra Club Books; 2nd edition (November 1, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1578051908
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1578051908
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars Once of the most honest book that I have ever read
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With Michael being very hands-on, ravaging through forest, mountains and indigenous amazonian area... He is qualify to express his concern to us. I adore his remedy and recommendation for each and everyone to participate.

It's a book that everyone, especially for those who wants their generation after them to strive, should give the insightful book a go.
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Brad Hutchinson
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book packed with solutions not just complaints
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Many books on our dirty energy do nothing but give stats about the problem and offer no solutions. This book I found very informative because the author does not just complain he also provides solutions. At the end of each chapter and at the end of the book there are recommendations and websites to visit where you can take action, which anyone can follow easily. There were also things I had never thought about in this book like pressuring banks not to lend money to polluting industries which are lacking in other books. Overall, it's a good book to read and if you are interested in taking some action to help it provides a good start of things you can follow.
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Michael Brune's "Coming Clean: Breaking America's Addiction to Oil and Coal" does a great job of covering the issues, pointing the way forward, and inspiring action. Highly recommended.
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