Publisher Description

As global temperatures rise and polar bears begin to drown in the melting artic ice, a growing chorus of voices is calling on governments to act now whilst there is still a small chance of saving the planet. Yet the harsh reality ignored by pundits and policy makers is that capitalism stands as the most intractable obstacle in the way of the changes that could avert ecological devastation. This timely, well-grounded analysis reveals an inconvenient truth - that there needs to be a choice made between saving capitalism and saving the environment.

Author Biography

Chris Williams: Chris Williams is a Long-time environmental activist and Vice President of the Union of Adjunct Faculty at Pace University, where he teaches course in energy and the environment, physics, and chemistry. He is also the chair of the science dept at Packer Collegiate Institute

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Long Description

As global temperatures rise and polar bears begin to drown in the melting artic ice, a growing chorus of voices is calling on governments to act now whilst there is still a small chance of saving the planet. Yet the harsh reality ignored by pundits and policy makers is that capitalism stands as the most intractable obstacle in the way of the changes that could avert ecological devastation. This timely, well-grounded analysis reveals an inconvenient truth - that there needs to be a choice made between saving capitalism and saving the environment.

Competing Titles

The Ecological Revolution: Making Peace with the Planet John Bellamy Foster 9781583671795 17.95 Monthly Review Press 02/01/09 The End of Nature: The End of Capitalism or The End of the World? Joel Kovel 9781842778715 27 Zed Books 12/09/07 Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage Heather Rogers 9781595581204 15.95 The New Press 09/17/06

Description for Sales People

Taps interest in environmental issues following wide spread disappointment stemming from the Copenhagen conference on Global Climate Change Written in accessible language by someone with experience teaching on the topic Interest in the subject has been spurred by Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth An international consensus has emerged among scientists that Climate Change is very real, and very serious

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