🌡️ Climate Change Politics

Works dissecting the political battles, lobbying, denial, and policy struggles that shape humanity's collective response to environmental crisis.

Climate Change

by Joseph Romm • 2015

Climate change is accelerating faster than predicted. The most expensive thing we can do is nothing.

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🧪 Climate Science 📋 Climate Policy ⚡ Energy Transition 💰 Climate Economics 🏭 Carbon Reduction

Climate Change 93%

Climate change is accelerating faster than predicted. The most expensive thing we can do is nothing.

by Joseph Romm 2015

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694 ratings

🧪 Climate Science 📋 Climate Policy ⚡ Energy Transition 💰 Climate Economics 🏭 Carbon Reduction

A Planet to Win

by Kate Aronoff • 2019

What if fighting climate change meant universal housing, public power, and a four-day week?

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📗 Green New Deal 🌍 Climate Justice 🌱 Ecosocialism 🌹 Democratic Socialism ⚡ Energy Transition

A Planet to Win 93%

What if fighting climate change meant universal housing, public power, and a four-day week?

by Kate Aronoff 2019

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686 ratings

📗 Green New Deal 🌍 Climate Justice 🌱 Ecosocialism 🌹 Democratic Socialism ⚡ Energy Transition

Getting to Green

by Frederic C. Rich • 2016

No major environmental law has passed in 25 years. Here's why, and how to fix it.

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🌿 Environmental Policy 🇺🇸 American Conservation 🪓 Political Polarization 🛡️ Stewardship Ethics 🧭 Eco-Pragmatism

Getting to Green 92%

No major environmental law has passed in 25 years. Here's why, and how to fix it.

by Frederic C. Rich 2016

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106 ratings

🌿 Environmental Policy 🇺🇸 American Conservation 🪓 Political Polarization 🛡️ Stewardship Ethics 🧭 Eco-Pragmatism

This Changes Everything

by Naomi Klein • 2014

Capitalism demands endless growth. The climate demands we stop. Only one can win.

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🏛️ Climate Politics 🌹 Eco-Socialism ⚖️ Climate Justice 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Industry 🟢 Greenwashing

This Changes Everything 92%

Capitalism demands endless growth. The climate demands we stop. Only one can win.

by Naomi Klein 2014

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28k+ ratings

🏛️ Climate Politics 🌹 Eco-Socialism ⚖️ Climate Justice 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Industry 🟢 Greenwashing

The Climate Book

by Greta Thunberg • 2022

Since 1991, we've emitted more CO2 than in all prior history; cures exist, the politics don't.

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⚖️ Climate Justice ⚡ Energy Transition ✊ Climate Activism 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge 🚫 Climate Denialism

The Climate Book 92%

Since 1991, we've emitted more CO2 than in all prior history; cures exist, the politics don't.

by Greta Thunberg 2022

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3k+ ratings

⚖️ Climate Justice ⚡ Energy Transition ✊ Climate Activism 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge 🚫 Climate Denialism

No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

by Greta Thunberg • 2019

Eight years of carbon budget left. The speeches that turned one school strike into a global alarm.

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🌍 Climate Science ✊ Climate Activism 🧒 Youth Activism ⚖️ Climate Justice 🧭 Climate Ethics

No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference Summary

No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference 92%

Eight years of carbon budget left. The speeches that turned one school strike into a global alarm.

by Greta Thunberg 2019

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28k+ ratings

🌍 Climate Science ✊ Climate Activism 🧒 Youth Activism ⚖️ Climate Justice 🧭 Climate Ethics

Unsettled

by Steven E. Koonin • 2021

The gap between climate science and climate headlines is wider than either side admits.

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🤔 Climate Skepticism 💻 Climate Models ❓ Uncertainty In Science ⚖️ Scientific Integrity 📊 Data Literacy

Unsettled 92%

The gap between climate science and climate headlines is wider than either side admits.

by Steven E. Koonin 2021

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4k+ ratings

🤔 Climate Skepticism 💻 Climate Models ❓ Uncertainty In Science ⚖️ Scientific Integrity 📊 Data Literacy

The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in

by John Kay • 2009

Clean energy outcompetes fossil fuels on price. The smart money is shifting; the rest will follow.

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🏭 Decarbonization ☀️ Clean Energy 💰 Impact Investing ✊ Climate Justice 🛢️ Climate Denialism

The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in Summary

The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in 92%

Clean energy outcompetes fossil fuels on price. The smart money is shifting; the rest will follow.

by John Kay 2009

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615 ratings

🏭 Decarbonization ☀️ Clean Energy 💰 Impact Investing ✊ Climate Justice 🛢️ Climate Denialism

Dónde aterrizar. Cómo orientarse en política

by Bruno Latour • 2017

Climate, inequality, and nationalism share one cause: the Earth has become a political actor.

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🌍 Political Ecology 🌡️ Climate Politics 🧠 Continental Philosophy 📰 Post-Truth Politics 🌿 Environmental Philosophy

Dónde aterrizar. Cómo orientarse en política Summary

Dónde aterrizar. Cómo orientarse en política 92%

Climate, inequality, and nationalism share one cause: the Earth has become a political actor.

by Bruno Latour 2017

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2k+ ratings

🌍 Political Ecology 🌡️ Climate Politics 🧠 Continental Philosophy 📰 Post-Truth Politics 🌿 Environmental Philosophy

Apocalypse Never

by Michael Shellenberger • 2020

The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.

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🌍 Environmental Policy 🌡️ Climate Debate ⚡ Energy Policy ☢️ Nuclear Advocacy 🔕 Anti-Alarmism

Apocalypse Never 92%

The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.

by Michael Shellenberger 2020

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🌍 Environmental Policy 🌡️ Climate Debate ⚡ Energy Policy ☢️ Nuclear Advocacy 🔕 Anti-Alarmism

The Great Derangement

by Amitav Ghosh • 2016

Fiction cannot hold a cyclone. Politics cannot hold a planet. A novelist names the cultural refusal.

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🏛️ Climate Politics 📚 Environmental Humanities 🌏 Postcolonial Critique 🌍 Anthropocene Critique 🌿 Ecocriticism

The Great Derangement 92%

Fiction cannot hold a cyclone. Politics cannot hold a planet. A novelist names the cultural refusal.

by Amitav Ghosh 2016

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6k+ ratings

🏛️ Climate Politics 📚 Environmental Humanities 🌏 Postcolonial Critique 🌍 Anthropocene Critique 🌿 Ecocriticism

Falter

by Bill McKibben • 2019

Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.

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🤖 Tech Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception ☀️ Renewable Energy ✊ Nonviolent Resistance

Falter 92%

Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.

by Bill McKibben 2019

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2k+ ratings

🤖 Tech Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception ☀️ Renewable Energy ✊ Nonviolent Resistance

The Green New Deal

by Jeremy Rifkin • 2019

The fossil-fuel economy is a bubble. Green tech will pop it by 2028.

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💚 Green New Deal ⚡ Energy Transition 💰 Green Economics 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Divestment 🏙️ Smart Cities

The Green New Deal 91%

The fossil-fuel economy is a bubble. Green tech will pop it by 2028.

by Jeremy Rifkin 2019

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812 ratings

💚 Green New Deal ⚡ Energy Transition 💰 Green Economics 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Divestment 🏙️ Smart Cities

What's Left

by Malcolm Harris • 2025

The economy is self-destructing. Three escape routes exist, but only together might they work.

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🏛 Political Economy 🌍 Climate Politics ✊ Ecosocialism 🍃 Green Transition 🤝 Just Transition

What's Left 91%

The economy is self-destructing. Three escape routes exist, but only together might they work.

by Malcolm Harris 2025

3.87

195 ratings

🏛 Political Economy 🌍 Climate Politics ✊ Ecosocialism 🍃 Green Transition 🤝 Just Transition

Into the Clear Blue Sky

by Rob Jackson • 2024

We could clean the atmosphere within a generation. The fastest lever most people overlook: methane.

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🛠️ Climate Solutions 🧹 Carbon Removal ⚖️ Climate Justice ⚡ Energy Transition 🌾 Food Systems

Into the Clear Blue Sky 91%

We could clean the atmosphere within a generation. The fastest lever most people overlook: methane.

by Rob Jackson 2024

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131 ratings

🛠️ Climate Solutions 🧹 Carbon Removal ⚖️ Climate Justice ⚡ Energy Transition 🌾 Food Systems

Planet on Fire

by Mathew Lawrence • 2021

Your carbon footprint is a distraction. The climate fight is about who owns the economy.

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🏛️ Environmental Politics 💰 Political Economy 🌿 Green New Deal 🔄 Just Transition ⚖️ Climate Justice

Planet on Fire 91%

Your carbon footprint is a distraction. The climate fight is about who owns the economy.

by Mathew Lawrence 2021

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173 ratings

🏛️ Environmental Politics 💰 Political Economy 🌿 Green New Deal 🔄 Just Transition ⚖️ Climate Justice

Our Choice

by Al Gore • 2008

The tools to solve the climate crisis exist; here's the plan to deploy them at scale.

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🌍 Climate Crisis ☀️ Renewable Energy 💡 Energy Efficiency 💰 Carbon Pricing ⚡ Energy Transition

Our Choice 91%

The tools to solve the climate crisis exist; here's the plan to deploy them at scale.

by Al Gore 2008

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864 ratings

🌍 Climate Crisis ☀️ Renewable Energy 💡 Energy Efficiency 💰 Carbon Pricing ⚡ Energy Transition

The Uninhabitable Earth

by David Wallace-Wells • 2019

Climate change is not slow. Heat, hunger, drought, and mass displacement are already here.

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🧪 Climate Science ⚠️ Worst-Case Scenarios 🏃 Climate Migration 🌪️ Extreme Weather 🌽 Food And Water Security

The Uninhabitable Earth 91%

Climate change is not slow. Heat, hunger, drought, and mass displacement are already here.

by David Wallace-Wells 2019

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30k+ ratings

🧪 Climate Science ⚠️ Worst-Case Scenarios 🏃 Climate Migration 🌪️ Extreme Weather 🌽 Food And Water Security

Schockwellen

by Claudia Kemfert • 2023

Why Germany's energy transition stalled by design, and the community projects that got it right.

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⚡ Energy Transition 🌍 Energy Geopolitics 🔒 Energy Security 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Lobbying 👥 Community Energy

Schockwellen 91%

Why Germany's energy transition stalled by design, and the community projects that got it right.

by Claudia Kemfert 2023

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75 ratings

⚡ Energy Transition 🌍 Energy Geopolitics 🔒 Energy Security 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Lobbying 👥 Community Energy

Net Zero

by Dieter Helm • 2020

Why UN climate talks can't cut emissions, and how taxing carbon consumption can.

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🏷️ Carbon Pricing 📈 Market-Based Environmentalism 📦 Consumption Emissions 🌳 Natural Sequestration ⚡ Electricity Market Reform

Net Zero 91%

Why UN climate talks can't cut emissions, and how taxing carbon consumption can.

by Dieter Helm 2020

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270 ratings

🏷️ Carbon Pricing 📈 Market-Based Environmentalism 📦 Consumption Emissions 🌳 Natural Sequestration ⚡ Electricity Market Reform

The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels

by Alex Epstein • 2014

Climate deaths fell 98% this century. Fossil fuels caused that, and their moral defense is overdue.

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⚡ Energy Policy 🌡️ Climate Debate 🔧 Techno-Optimism 🔍 Eco-Skepticism 🏛️ Objectivist Philosophy

The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels 91%

Climate deaths fell 98% this century. Fossil fuels caused that, and their moral defense is overdue.

by Alex Epstein 2014

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2k+ ratings

⚡ Energy Policy 🌡️ Climate Debate 🔧 Techno-Optimism 🔍 Eco-Skepticism 🏛️ Objectivist Philosophy

False Alarm

by Bjørn Lomborg • 2020

Two trillion a year for one-twentieth of a degree: the smarter investments our panic overlooks.

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🏛️ Climate Policy 📊 Environmental Economics ⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis 🔋 Green Energy Innovation 🛡️ Adaptation Strategies

False Alarm 91%

Two trillion a year for one-twentieth of a degree: the smarter investments our panic overlooks.

by Bjørn Lomborg 2020

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🏛️ Climate Policy 📊 Environmental Economics ⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis 🔋 Green Energy Innovation 🛡️ Adaptation Strategies

Oil and Honey

by Bill McKibben • 2013

While he fought pipelines, his beekeeper friend built a different answer to a warming world.

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🌍 Climate Activism 📝 Environmental Memoir ✊ Grassroots Organizing 💰 Fossil Fuel Divestment 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture

Oil and Honey 91%

While he fought pipelines, his beekeeper friend built a different answer to a warming world.

by Bill McKibben 2013

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1k+ ratings

🌍 Climate Activism 📝 Environmental Memoir ✊ Grassroots Organizing 💰 Fossil Fuel Divestment 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture

The Green Collar Economy

by Van Jones • 2008

Climate change and inequality are twin crises, and they share a solution.

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🌿 Green Politics ✊ Environmental Justice 🔄 Sustainable Economy ⚡ Clean Energy Transition 🏛️ Public Investment

The Green Collar Economy 91%

Climate change and inequality are twin crises, and they share a solution.

by Van Jones 2008

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868 ratings

🌿 Green Politics ✊ Environmental Justice 🔄 Sustainable Economy ⚡ Clean Energy Transition 🏛️ Public Investment

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

by Bill Gates • 2021

Five activities emit 51 billion tons a year; the cost gaps show where innovation must hit first.

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🌍 Net Zero Transition ⚡ Clean Energy Transition 🚀 Techno-Optimism 💰 Climate Economics 🌪️ Climate Adaptation

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster 91%

Five activities emit 51 billion tons a year; the cost gaps show where innovation must hit first.

by Bill Gates 2021

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51k+ ratings

🌍 Net Zero Transition ⚡ Clean Energy Transition 🚀 Techno-Optimism 💰 Climate Economics 🌪️ Climate Adaptation

Don't Wait for the Next War

by Wesley K. Clark • 2014

A retired general's strategy: America, united by energy, not enemies.

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🧭 Grand Strategy 🛢️ Energy Geopolitics 💼 Economic Statecraft 🌎 Climate Security 🌏 Us China Relations

Don't Wait for the Next War 91%

A retired general's strategy: America, united by energy, not enemies.

by Wesley K. Clark 2014

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93 ratings

🧭 Grand Strategy 🛢️ Energy Geopolitics 💼 Economic Statecraft 🌎 Climate Security 🌏 Us China Relations

Climate Justice

by Mary Robinson • 2018

Climate change is a human rights crisis. Frontline communities are showing the world how to respond.

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⚖️ Climate Justice ✊ Human Rights 🌱 Grassroots Activism 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge 👩‍💼 Women's Leadership

Climate Justice 91%

Climate change is a human rights crisis. Frontline communities are showing the world how to respond.

by Mary Robinson 2018

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3k+ ratings

⚖️ Climate Justice ✊ Human Rights 🌱 Grassroots Activism 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge 👩‍💼 Women's Leadership

Science Under Siege

by Michael E. Mann • 2025

Five forces are dismantling science. A scientist who has faced them all draws the battle lines.

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🔬 Science Denialism 🌍 Climate Disinformation 🏛️ Institutional Capture 📢 Science Communication ⚔️ Disinformation Warfare

Science Under Siege 91%

Five forces are dismantling science. A scientist who has faced them all draws the battle lines.

by Michael E. Mann 2025

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345 ratings

🔬 Science Denialism 🌍 Climate Disinformation 🏛️ Institutional Capture 📢 Science Communication ⚔️ Disinformation Warfare

The Heat Will Kill You First

by Jeff Goodell • 2023

Heat bends steel, kills silently, and is already redrawing the map of where humans can live.

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🏭 Climate Crisis 🌀 Extreme Weather 🏙️ Urban Heat Islands ⚖️ Climate Inequality 🌍 Climate Migration

The Heat Will Kill You First 91%

Heat bends steel, kills silently, and is already redrawing the map of where humans can live.

by Jeff Goodell 2023

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8k+ ratings

🏭 Climate Crisis 🌀 Extreme Weather 🏙️ Urban Heat Islands ⚖️ Climate Inequality 🌍 Climate Migration

Nomad Century

by Gaia Vince • 2022

The tropics are becoming unlivable. A mass migration northward is an opportunity, not a crisis.

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🌍 Climate Migration 🏠 Managed Retreat 🚧 Border Politics 💹 Migration Economics 🏛️ Global Governance

Nomad Century 91%

The tropics are becoming unlivable. A mass migration northward is an opportunity, not a crisis.

by Gaia Vince 2022

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1k+ ratings

🌍 Climate Migration 🏠 Managed Retreat 🚧 Border Politics 💹 Migration Economics 🏛️ Global Governance

The Great Displacement

by Jake Bittle • 2023

Climate disasters are displacing millions; housing markets and insurance can't keep up.

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🌍 Climate Migration ⚖️ Environmental Justice 🇺🇸 American Migration 💧 Water Crisis 🚒 Disaster Recovery

The Great Displacement 91%

Climate disasters are displacing millions; housing markets and insurance can't keep up.

by Jake Bittle 2023

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🌍 Climate Migration ⚖️ Environmental Justice 🇺🇸 American Migration 💧 Water Crisis 🚒 Disaster Recovery

The Future We Choose

by Christiana Figueres • 2020

Halve emissions by 2030 or lose a livable planet: the Paris Agreement architect's ten moves.

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🌍 Climate Crisis ⚡ Climate Action 😢 Climate Grief ☀️ Renewable Energy ⚖️ Environmental Justice

The Future We Choose 91%

Halve emissions by 2030 or lose a livable planet: the Paris Agreement architect's ten moves.

by Christiana Figueres 2020

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7k+ ratings

🌍 Climate Crisis ⚡ Climate Action 😢 Climate Grief ☀️ Renewable Energy ⚖️ Environmental Justice

Our Angry Earth

by Isaac Asimov • 1991

Asimov connected climate change, ozone loss, toxic waste, and soil erosion: four alarms, one fire.

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🌍 Environmental Crises 🌡️ Climate Science 🏭 Pollution 🌳 Habitat Loss ☀️ Renewable Energy

Our Angry Earth 91%

Asimov connected climate change, ozone loss, toxic waste, and soil erosion: four alarms, one fire.

by Isaac Asimov 1991

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126 ratings

🌍 Environmental Crises 🌡️ Climate Science 🏭 Pollution 🌳 Habitat Loss ☀️ Renewable Energy

The Great Transition

by Lester R. Brown • 2014

Wind and solar are now cheapest. The shift isn't a political choice; it's a price signal.

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⚡ Energy Transition ☀️ Renewable Energy 📉 Energy Economics 🌍 Climate Policy 🚗 Electric Vehicles

The Great Transition 91%

Wind and solar are now cheapest. The shift isn't a political choice; it's a price signal.

by Lester R. Brown 2014

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201 ratings

⚡ Energy Transition ☀️ Renewable Energy 📉 Energy Economics 🌍 Climate Policy 🚗 Electric Vehicles

Taking on the Plastics Crisis

by Hannah Testa • 2020

Less than ten percent of plastic gets recycled. One teenager's plan for what actually works.

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🛢️ Plastic Pollution ⚖️ Environmental Justice ♻️ Waste Reduction 🟢 Greenwashing 🛒 Consumer Activism

Taking on the Plastics Crisis 91%

Less than ten percent of plastic gets recycled. One teenager's plan for what actually works.

by Hannah Testa 2020

3.90

629 ratings

🛢️ Plastic Pollution ⚖️ Environmental Justice ♻️ Waste Reduction 🟢 Greenwashing 🛒 Consumer Activism

How to Change Everything

by Naomi Klein • 2021

Fossil fuels made the crisis. Young people are making the solution. Here's the playbook.

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🌍 Climate Justice 🤝 Collective Action ✊ Intersectional Environmentalism 📢 Young Activists 🌱 Green New Deal

How to Change Everything 90%

Fossil fuels made the crisis. Young people are making the solution. Here's the playbook.

by Naomi Klein 2021

3.89

922 ratings

🌍 Climate Justice 🤝 Collective Action ✊ Intersectional Environmentalism 📢 Young Activists 🌱 Green New Deal

After Lockdown

by Bruno Latour • 2021

The lockdown ended. The fantasy of escaping Earth should end too.

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🌍 Political Ecology 🚧 Planetary Boundaries 🧬 Posthumanism 🐾 More-Than-Human 🌱 Degrowth

After Lockdown 90%

The lockdown ended. The fantasy of escaping Earth should end too.

by Bruno Latour 2021

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311 ratings

🌍 Political Ecology 🚧 Planetary Boundaries 🧬 Posthumanism 🐾 More-Than-Human 🌱 Degrowth

Speed & Scale

by John Doerr • 2021

The climate fight in 10 objectives: which sectors to fix first, and what it costs.

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🌍 Climate Action 🎯 Net Zero Transition 🏭 Decarbonization 🌳 Carbon Removal 📜 Climate Policy

Speed & Scale 90%

The climate fight in 10 objectives: which sectors to fix first, and what it costs.

by John Doerr 2021

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🌍 Climate Action 🎯 Net Zero Transition 🏭 Decarbonization 🌳 Carbon Removal 📜 Climate Policy

Carbon Finance

by Sonia Labatt • 2007

Hedging the weather and pricing carbon: the financial instruments built for a warming planet.

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🧪 Carbon Markets 🌍 Climate Finance 🏭 Emissions Trading ⚡ Energy Transition 🌿 Market Environmentalism

Carbon Finance 90%

Hedging the weather and pricing carbon: the financial instruments built for a warming planet.

by Sonia Labatt 2007

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15 ratings

🧪 Carbon Markets 🌍 Climate Finance 🏭 Emissions Trading ⚡ Energy Transition 🌿 Market Environmentalism

The Last American President

by Thom Hartmann • 2025

Billionaire money, racial grievance, cruel politics: how the GOP became an authoritarian machine.

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🏛️ Political Corruption 👑 Authoritarianism 💸 Plutocracy 🗳️ Voter Suppression 📢 Disinformation

The Last American President 90%

Billionaire money, racial grievance, cruel politics: how the GOP became an authoritarian machine.

by Thom Hartmann 2025

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373 ratings

🏛️ Political Corruption 👑 Authoritarianism 💸 Plutocracy 🗳️ Voter Suppression 📢 Disinformation

Revolutionary Power

by Shalanda Baker • 2021

Clean energy could dismantle inequality or deepen it. The difference: who owns the panels.

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🏛️ Energy Policy 🏭 Environmental Racism 🔋 Clean Energy Transition 🗳️ Energy Democracy ⚖️ Environmental Justice

Revolutionary Power 90%

Clean energy could dismantle inequality or deepen it. The difference: who owns the panels.

by Shalanda Baker 2021

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190 ratings

🏛️ Energy Policy 🏭 Environmental Racism 🔋 Clean Energy Transition 🗳️ Energy Democracy ⚖️ Environmental Justice

Going Nuclear

by Tim Gregory • 2025

Nuclear is the cleanest, safest, densest energy on Earth. Only irrational fear stands in its way.

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🏭 Nuclear Energy 🏛️ Energy Policy 🌍 Climate Solutions 📜 Nuclear History 🌱 Ecomodernism

Going Nuclear 90%

Nuclear is the cleanest, safest, densest energy on Earth. Only irrational fear stands in its way.

by Tim Gregory 2025

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🏭 Nuclear Energy 🏛️ Energy Policy 🌍 Climate Solutions 📜 Nuclear History 🌱 Ecomodernism

Slow Burn

by R. Jisung Park • 2024

The hidden climate bill: falling test scores, slowing workers, rising tempers. Trillions already.

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🏭 Climate Economics ⚖️ Environmental Justice 🧠 Human Capital 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🛡️ Climate Adaptation

Slow Burn 90%

The hidden climate bill: falling test scores, slowing workers, rising tempers. Trillions already.

by R. Jisung Park 2024

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70 ratings

🏭 Climate Economics ⚖️ Environmental Justice 🧠 Human Capital 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🛡️ Climate Adaptation

We Are the Weather

by Jonathan Safran Foer • 2019

Sixty percent of mammals are livestock. Two plant-based meals a day saves 1.3 metric tons of carbon.

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🚜 Food Systems 📢 Climate Advocacy ⚖️ Environmental Ethics 🥬 Plant-Based Eating 🐄 Animal Agriculture

We Are the Weather 90%

Sixty percent of mammals are livestock. Two plant-based meals a day saves 1.3 metric tons of carbon.

by Jonathan Safran Foer 2019

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17k+ ratings

🚜 Food Systems 📢 Climate Advocacy ⚖️ Environmental Ethics 🥬 Plant-Based Eating 🐄 Animal Agriculture

Now or Never

by Tim Flannery • 2009

Climate change is outrunning every worst-case model. The solutions work; the timeline doesn't.

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🌍 Planetary Boundaries 🌎 Gaia Theory 🏭 Anthropocene 🌱 Carbon Sequestration 🌊 Ocean Acidification

Now or Never 90%

Climate change is outrunning every worst-case model. The solutions work; the timeline doesn't.

by Tim Flannery 2009

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193 ratings

🌍 Planetary Boundaries 🌎 Gaia Theory 🏭 Anthropocene 🌱 Carbon Sequestration 🌊 Ocean Acidification

How to Think Seriously About the Planet

by Roger Scruton • 2011

Why local loyalty, beauty, and tradition matter more for the planet than any global climate treaty.

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🏛️ Conservatism 🌱 Stewardship 🏘️ Localism ⏳ Intergenerational 🎨 Aesthetics

How to Think Seriously About the Planet Summary

How to Think Seriously About the Planet 90%

Why local loyalty, beauty, and tradition matter more for the planet than any global climate treaty.

by Roger Scruton 2011

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446 ratings

🏛️ Conservatism 🌱 Stewardship 🏘️ Localism ⏳ Intergenerational 🎨 Aesthetics

The Ice at the End of the World

by Jon Gertner • 2019

Greenland's ice holds a climate archive; it shows the planet can flip in a human lifetime.

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🧊 Polar Exploration 🌍 Climate Science 🏔️ Glaciology ⚡ Abrupt Climate Change 🌊 Sea Level Rise

The Ice at the End of the World 90%

Greenland's ice holds a climate archive; it shows the planet can flip in a human lifetime.

by Jon Gertner 2019

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1k+ ratings

🧊 Polar Exploration 🌍 Climate Science 🏔️ Glaciology ⚡ Abrupt Climate Change 🌊 Sea Level Rise

2052

by Jørgen Randers • 2012

A Limits to Growth update: population shrinks, growth slows, yet 2°C warming still hits by 2052.

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🧠 Systems Thinking 📉 Limits To Growth 🔮 Scenario Planning ⚡ Energy Transition 👶 Demographic Decline

2052 90%

A Limits to Growth update: population shrinks, growth slows, yet 2°C warming still hits by 2052.

by Jørgen Randers 2012

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355 ratings

🧠 Systems Thinking 📉 Limits To Growth 🔮 Scenario Planning ⚡ Energy Transition 👶 Demographic Decline

The Rare Metals War

by Guillame Pitron • 2018

Your electric car runs on metals that leave toxic wastelands and enrich an authoritarian superpower.

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⚡ Energy Transition ⛏️ Resource Extraction 🔗 Supply Chains ⚖️ Environmental Justice ⚔️ Resource Wars

The Rare Metals War 90%

Your electric car runs on metals that leave toxic wastelands and enrich an authoritarian superpower.

by Guillame Pitron 2018

4.04

1k+ ratings

⚡ Energy Transition ⛏️ Resource Extraction 🔗 Supply Chains ⚖️ Environmental Justice ⚔️ Resource Wars

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by Paul Hawken • 2017

100 existing solutions, modeled and ranked: the plan to reverse global warming is already here.

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🌍 Climate Reversal 💰 Environmental Economics 🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🍃 Carbon Sequestration 🔄 Circular Economy

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100 existing solutions, modeled and ranked: the plan to reverse global warming is already here.

by Paul Hawken 2017

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4k+ ratings

🌍 Climate Reversal 💰 Environmental Economics 🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🍃 Carbon Sequestration 🔄 Circular Economy

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