Synopses & Reviews
According to recent polls, more than three-quarters of Americans believe the U.S. should be energy-independent, and more than 70 percent believe the government should do more to help arrest climate change. Yet Congress and the White House take only tiny steps toward these goals, and large-scale investment in clean energy lags far behind the urgent demand. Michael Brune, executive director of Rainforest Action Network (RAN), shows how motivated citizens can engage in promoting solutions and collectively pressure policymakers and corporations to change their energy priorities. His vivid reports depict the economic, environmental, moral, and public-health costs of fossil-fuel dependence, and how government and financial institutions are complicit. Brune also describes the most promising developments in renewables, biofuels, and efficient design, and outlines an inspiring vision of the clean energy future within reach. Offering well-tested action strategies, Coming Clean is rooted in the author's faith that Americans acting together can create profound change.
Review
"Brune offers an enlightened yet impassioned manifesto on how to achieve clean energy." Booklist
Synopsis
In this timely book, the executive director of Rainforest Action Network (RAN), shows how motivated American citizens can engage in promoting solutions and collectively pressure policymakers and corporations to change their energy priorities.
Synopsis
In this timely book, Michael Brune, executive director of Rainforest Action Network (RAN), shows us how we, as motivated citizens, can kick our own fossil-fuel habit and pressure policymakers and corporations to change their energy priorities. His vivid reports remind us of the economic, environmental, moral, and public-health costs of fossil-fuel dependence, and how our government and international banks are complicit. Brune also describes the most promising developments in renewables, biofuels, and efficient design, and offers an inspiring vision of the clean energy future within our reach.
Under Brunes leadership, RAN has had stunning success in getting corporations including Home Depot, FedEx Kinkos, Citigroup, and Bank of America to green their business practices, and his activist skills and passion are at the heart of this book. Overflowing with pragmatic and well-tested advice, Coming Clean is rooted in the authors faith that Americans acting together can create profound change.
About the Author
Michael Brune is executive director of Rainforest Action Network and provides strategic direction for its Freedom from Oil campaign