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Muskrat Love Ain't Got Nothin' on This Romance novelist accused of plagiarizing green group's magazine		14 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 11:02 AM on 14 Jan 2008 Bloggers at Smart Bitches Who Love Trashy Books have accused popular romance writer Cassie Edwards of plagiarism in a number of her tomes, including Savage Longings, Savage Moon, and Savage Beloved. Among the accusations of Edwards -- who, it may surprise you to know, often writes about the lustful dalliances of Native American characters -- is that a descripti ...
Topics: books, green living, news, sex, wildlife (all these topics)

Modestly right, not interestingly wrong The right way to interpret Shellenberger & Nordhaus	David Roberts	13 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Matt Yglesias has a review of Shellenberger & Nordhaus' book in the NYT Sunday Book Review. It contains a good insight and a fairly crucial mistake -- albeit a mistake common to those enter S&N's hall of mirrors for the first time. The insight is twofold. First, that the core and most valuable part of S&N's book is about messaging: "We know from extensive psychological research," they write, "that presenting frightening disaster scenari ...
Topics: books, climate, energy, messaging, politics (all these topics)

My Al Gore story Gore's impromptu humor at a recent small climate summit	Joseph Romm	11 Jan 2008	Gristmill
I'm not normally given to shameless name-dropping, but what else are blogs really for (other than making bets with readers)? Over the last three days I attended a small climate solutions summit hosted by the former vice president and current Nobel laureate. It was off-the-record, so I can't report on presentations directly, but they have made me a lot smarter about the latest technologies and strategies for clean energy, which will inform my blogging this year on ...
Topics: Al Gore, books, climate, politics (all these topics)

Bookin' it What everyone's saying about Grist's new book, Wake Up and Smell the Planet	Ashley Braun	07 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Unless you've been living under a rock lately, I'm sure you've been hearing over and over again all the glowing praises for Grist's slick new book, Wake Up and Smell the Planet: The Non-Pompous, Non-Preachy Grist Guide to Greening Your Day. What? You've never even heard of it? That must be an awfully nice rock you're camping under. To bring you up to speed: Wake Up and Smell the Planet represents the pivotal and profound expression of the translation of contempo ...
Topics: books, shameless self-promotion (all these topics)

Edible Media: Angry vegans with knives and pots A full-flavored attack on industrial food	Tom Philpott	02 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Edible Media takes an occasional look at interesting or deplorable food journalism on the web and off. I have to admit, when I think of vegan fare, I first picture little lumps of soy curd, swimming in a brown pool of Bragg's Liquid Amino Acids -- perhaps with a spear or two of oversteamed broccoli on the side. Then, when I think a little harder, I picture all the fantastic food that emerges without direct involvement of animals (though nearly all well-raised pro ...
Topics: books, food, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics)

My audiobook experiment The ear as an underutilized data input port	biodiversivist	28 Dec 2007	Gristmill
I've been experimenting with audiobooks, not only because they may one day replace the tree-eating variety, but also because I like the idea of listening to a book while performing other less entertaining tasks. Meetings fit that definition but turn out not to be good candidates for other reasons. My brain has two main data input ports: my ears and eyes. Of the two, my ears seem to be the least utilized. However, I didn't know if I could listen to a book and chew gum ...
Topics: books, green living, tech (all these topics)

The Road A short review of Cormac McCarthy's recent book	biodiversivist	19 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Eric's call for some good nature books has motivated me to do a short book review. I'm not sure the one I've chosen is a good book, or that I would recommend reading it. And it does not have a whole hell of a lot to do with nature writing. Nevertheless. I don't usually read fiction (preferring to learn something while at leisure). My wife reads a lot of it and recently finished a book from Oprah's book club called The Road, by Cormac McCarthy. She insisted I woul ...
Topics: books (all these topics)

Weekend book club Seeking out 'the new nature writing'	Erik Hoffner	16 Dec 2007	Gristmill
This weekend is looking to be a great one for reading, at least here in the northeastern U.S. where we're expecting lots (more) snow. I'm in the midst of David Gessner's new book, Soaring with Fidel, and it's excellent so far. The author physically follows his favorite bird, the osprey, during its annual migration from the North Atlantic to Cuba and beyond. It's more than a book about a bird and its range, though. It's mostly about the osprey's human geography: the ...
Topics: books (all these topics)

Dissecting Newt A review of Gingrich's new book on the environment	Alex Roth	29 Nov 2007	Grist Feature
Newt and Knut. Photo: Callista Gingrich, Gingrich Productions Newt Gingrich says he feels a special kinship with a young polar bear named Knut, who was rescued from death last year by officials at the Berlin Zoo. Gingrich has visited Knut, and he's been talking about the bear as he promotes his new book, A Contract With the Earth. But is Gingrich's cuddly new environmental image fitting? Environmenta ...
Topics: books, Newt Gingrich, politics (all these topics)

Technology alone won't alleviate climate change NYT's Andy Revkin and E. O. Wilson get suckered by Newt Gingrich's phony techno-optimism	Joseph Romm	16 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Newt Gingrich is an anti-environmentalist who spreads disinformation and has done more than any politician in the last two decades to thwart a sensible climate policy that includes a major clean technology component, as I have explained. Absent serious regulations, no technology-only strategy can possibly avoid catastrophic global warming (as we should have learned in the 1990s). Some well-meaning people, like The New York Times' first-rate climate reporter Andy ...
Topics: books, climate, energy, Newt Gingrich, politics, tech (all these topics)

Don't buy Gingrich's view of environmentalism, or his new book Anti-environment, anti-technology Gingrich tries to rewrite history	Joseph Romm	14 Nov 2007	Gristmill
If you look up the word 'Orwellian' on Wikipedia -- 'An attitude and a policy of control by propaganda, misinformation, denial of truth, and manipulation of the past' -- there should be a picture of Newt Gingrich's new book, A Contract with the Earth. Instead of wasting time reading a whole book of disinformation, you can just read this interview in Salon, 'Give Newt a chance' -- it is definitely all the Newt that is fit to print. To cut to the chase, readers of ...
Topics: politics, climate, energy, books, Newt Gingrich (all these topics)

Toxic optimists vs. plaid shirts Delusional Beltway optimism about energy	Michael Tobis	12 Nov 2007	Gristmill
A couple of weeks ago, I attended a seminar hosted by several departments at the University of Texas on the topic of 'peak oil.' The occasion was the visit of David Sundalow of the Brookings Institution, who is hawking his new book Freedom from Oil. This was mutually convenient for him and the university, which is trying to carve out a position as an optimistic, rolled-up-sleeves, can-do problem-solver in the fields of energy and water. I have no objection to that ...
Topics: biofuels, ethanol, hybrids, cars, books, energy, climate (all these topics)

Looking beyond the obvious Revisiting Into the Wild	Kit Stolz	10 Nov 2007	Gristmill
When the news broke 15 years ago about an idealistic young man who starved to death in the Alaskan wilderness, I reacted badly. Plenty of folks, myself included, go alone into the wild and emerge unscathed; in fact, restored to Muirean health and sanity. The national fascination with Chris McCandless' sad end seemed morbid to me -- a morality tale told by the comfortable to justify their easy, unexamined lives. I still think a sick fascination is part of what made ...
Topics: books, movies (all these topics)

Newt? Seriously? On Gingrich's new conservative environmentalism	David Roberts	31 Oct 2007	Gristmill
A few days ago I got a review copy of Newt Gingrich's new book, A Contract with the Earth. We've got somebody else reviewing it, so I don't plan to read it. I do, however, want to make two observations, one on policy, one on politics. On policy: Gingrich's shtick is that leftists took over the environmental movement and have made it synonymous with taxation, regulation, and litigation. That alienated conservatives, who thereafter got demonized as enemies of the enviro ...
Topics: politics, books, environmental movement, Newt Gingrich (all these topics)

Wild Thing, I Think I'll Miss You Photos of species threatened by climate change	Gary Braasch	25 Oct 2007	Grist Feature
The following photos and excerpt -- highlighting the threats posed to animals and plants by climate change -- are drawn from Gary Braasch's new book Earth Under Fire: How Global Warming Is Changing the World, published by the University of California Press, � 2007. Featuring more than 100 photographs, Earth Under Fire shows species, cultures, and entire ecosystems at risk due to rapid cl ...
Topics: biodiversity, books, climate change impacts, wildlife (all these topics)

The book to read on 'freedom from oil' Sandalow explains the ins and outs of oil dependency	Joseph Romm	19 Oct 2007	Gristmill
For years, I have been looking for a good, readable book on the oil problem and its solution -- just as I'd been looking for a good book on clean technology. Well, I found the Clean Tech book in August, and now I've found the oil book. It is Freedom from Oil, by Brookings scholar and White House veteran David Sandalow. It is an unqualified success -- cleverly told as a series of policy memos from the cabinet of a near-future President, who begins the book by tellin ...
Topics: books, energy, international politics, oil, politics (all these topics)

Free e-book on biofuels and water	JMG	16 Oct 2007	Gristmill
I know -- let's use all our food and drinking water to make SUV fuel!
Topics: biofuels, books, energy (all these topics)

Stepping it up on activism New book from McKibben & co. aids grassroots action	Erik Hoffner	15 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Tuesday marks the release (yes, on recycled paper) of Fight Global Warming Now, the Step It Up 2007 team's handbook for grassroots action on climate (and most other issues) in our communities. It's a blueprint for success based on their own experiences. Step It Up 2: Who's a Leader is just around the corner (Nov. 3), and there is an increasing corps of leaders committing to turn up at the events: eight members of Congress and two presidential candidates: go here to f ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, books, climate, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

What a Revelation Publisher will produce first eco-friendly Bible		09 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 1:42 PM on 09 Oct 2007 Coming soon to a hotel room near you: the first green Bible, expected to hit the scene later this month from publisher Thomas Nelson. The Charles F. Stanley Life Principles Daily Bible -- which perhaps includes the 11th commandment "Thou shalt be principled"? -- will be certified by the Forest Stewardship Council and contain recycled fiber. Says Tyson Miller of the Green Press Initiative ...
Topics: books, business, green living, greening biz operations, news, religion and spirituality (all these topics)

A greener economy from the grassroots New book details successes; join a chat with Paul Hawken	Erik Hoffner	02 Oct 2007	Gristmill
At work today I received a review copy of Building the Green Economy: Success Stories From the Grassroots, which just hit the presses and looks interesting. It's a diverse roundup of grassroots efforts aimed at stewardship and urban renewal toward a cleaner economy and greener, more just communities. Green economy superstar Van Jones is interviewed, of course, but I didn't notice a nod to Paul Hawken right off the bat, whose pioneering books on the topic of greening the ...
Topics: books, business, grassroots activism, placemaking (all these topics)

Word Green terms color new dictionary volume	Sarah van Schagen	26 Sep 2007	Gristmill
"Carbon neutral" may have been the New Oxford American Dictionary's 2006 word of the year, but it was only recently added to the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (which is, presumably, a shorter, British-er version of the same tome?). The SOED defines "carbon neutral" as "making no net release of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, especially through offsetting emissions by planting trees." Other green buzzwords that made the cut: ...
Topics: books (all these topics)

The deniers are winning the war of words Climate-skeptic books abound on Amazon's top sellers list	Joseph Romm	26 Sep 2007	Gristmill
An Inconvenient Truth is so last year! Al Gore's book may have been No. 1 in 2006, but the global warming deniers and delayers are outselling everyone this year. Of course, Bj�rn Lomborg's collection of cherry-picked misinformation, Cool It is the top-selling book in four categories: Climatology, Climate Changes, Public Policy, and even Conservation. But who knew that the top book in both Meteorology and Weather was the Competitive Enterprise Institute's The P ...
Topics: books, climate, climate change skepticism, climate science (all these topics)

Brit's Eye View: Capitalism as if the World Matters New book by Porritt argues that we need to reshape capitalism to deliver a sustainable future	Peter Madden	24 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Peter Madden, chief executive of Forum for the Future, writes a monthly column for Gristmill on sustainability in the U.K. and Europe. ----- We have just published the American paperback version of Capitalism As If the World Matters. The book is written by Jonathon Porritt, one of the foremost environmentalists of his generation and cofounder of my organization, Forum for the Future. The foreword is by Amory Lovins. As well as working with us, Jonathon is ch ...
Topics: books, business, environmental movement (all these topics)

Alan Greenspan is very overrated: Part II Greenspan on climate change	Joseph Romm	22 Sep 2007	Gristmill
If you thought Greenspan was confused about energy, his discussion of global warming in The Age of Turbulence is downright stupefying. He opens well (p. 454): There can be very little doubt that global warming is real and man-made. But the next sentence is (I kid you not): We may have to rename Glacier National Park when its glaciers disappear, in what now looks to be 2030, according to park scientists. That's what all the fuss is about -- we'll have to r ...
Topics: books, carbon trading, climate, climate change impacts, climate change mitigation (all these topics)

Alan Greenspan is very overrated: Part I Greenspan on energy	Joseph Romm	22 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Greenspan is no polymath, to go by the discussions of energy and climate in his instant bestseller, The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World. During his nuclear power love-fest, he writes (p. 453): Nuclear power is not safe without a significant protective infrastructure. But then, neither is drinking water. Wow! That's an analogy I bet you never heard before. Greenspan is actually comparing drinking water infrastructure -- which is needed mainly to p ...
Topics: books, energy, oil (all these topics)

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