Climate Resource Reading

A Collection of Island Press Titles Covering Climate Change

	*Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction* by Terry Tamminen (Paperback, $18.95) In this updated paperback edition of *Lives Per Gallon*, Terry Tamminen takes a hard look at the health, environmental, and national security costs of America’s oil addiction. Drawing from his experience as former Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency, Tamminen sets forth a bold strategy to hold oil and auto companies accountable and offers a blueprint for developing alternative energy sources.

	*Apollo’s Fire: Igniting America’s Clean Energy Economy* by Jay Inslee and Bracken Hendricks (Hardcover, $25.95) In *Apollo’s Fire*, U.S. Congressman Jay Inslee and Bracken Hendricks, founder of the Apollo Alliance, use concrete examples to tie together the concepts of economic growth and greenhouse gas reductions. The co-authors combine their experience and expertise to outline the research that is required and the legislation that must be passed in order to stop global warming and gain energy independence.

	*Ignition: What You Can Do to Fight Global Warming and Spark a Movement* ed. by Jonathan Isham and Sissel Waage (Paperback, $18.95) Including celebrated writers like Bill McKibben and prominent scholars like Gus Speth, as well as young activists, Ignition brings together some of the world's finest thinkers and advocates to jump start the ultimate green revolution. Their approaches are various, but they share a belief that private fears about deadly heat waves and disastrous hurricanes can translate into powerful public action.

	*Energy for Sustainability: Technology, Planning, Policy* by John Randolph and Gilbert Masters (Hardcover, $85) Energy for Sustainability is the first undergraduate textbook on renewable energy and energy efficiency with a unique focus on the community scale. Written by two of the foremost experts in the field, it examines the full range of issues—from generating technologies to land use planning—in making the transition to sustainable energy.

	*The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment* by Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich (Hardcover, $35.00) Forty years ago renowned Stanford scientists Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich published The Population Bomb. Now, with The Dominant Animal they trace the interplay between environmental change and genetic and cultural evolution since the dawn of humanity, exploring the ways in which we may be undermining our own supremacy by damaging the environment. In lucid and engaging prose, the Ehrlichs tackle the fundamental human predicament and offer several sustainable solutions.

	*What is Next After the Kyoto Protocol?: Assessment Options for International Climate Policy Post 2012* by Niklas Höhne (Paperback, $52.50) What is Next after the Kyoto Protocol? provides a comprehensive survey of present climate issues and negotiations and offers fresh proposals for a future international climate regime.

	*Climate Change Policy: A Survey* by Stephen Schneider, Armin Rosencranz, and John Niles (Paperback, $60) The questions surrounding the issue of climate change is no longer "Is it happening?", but "What can be done about it?" Climate Change Policy addresses that question by bringing together a wide range of new writings from leading experts that examine the many dimensions of the climate change issue and suggest policies to combat it.

	*Climate Affairs: A Primer* by Mickey Glantz (Paperback, $20) Climate Affairs sets forth in a concise primer the base of knowledge needed to begin to address questions surrounding the unknown impacts of climate change. In so doing, it outlines a new approach to understanding the interactions among climate, society, and the environment.