Joseph Romm: 6 books

"This is, for my money, the best single-source primer on the state of climate change." - New York Magazine "The right book at the right time: accessible, comprehensive, unflinching, humane." - The Daily Beast "A must-read." - The Guardian The essential primer on what will be the defining issue of...

Climate change will have a bigger impact on humanity than the Internet has had. The last decade's spate of superstorms, wildfires, heat waves, and droughts has accelerated the public discourse on this topic and lent credence to climatologist Lonnie Thomson's 2010 statement that climate change "represents...

"Vital, very readable guidance for investors, environmentalists, and interested bystanders looking toward a future without fossil fuels." -BOOKLIST"It's hard to argue with the relentless logic...." -E/THE ENVIRONMENTAL MAGAZINE"Readers looking to separate facts from hype about cars running on hydrogen...

In 2009, Rolling Stone named Joe Romm to its list of “100 People Who Are Changing America.” Romm is a climate expert, physicist, energy consultant, and former official in the Departmof Energy. But it’s his influential blog, one of the “Top Fifteen Green Websites” according to Time magazine,...

'Cool Companies' turns on its head the idea that measures to avert global warming and climate change will pile massive costs on to the industrial sector. It shows how the smartest companies have been able to make money through the improvements that reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Industry is...

Despite ongoing negotiations, consensus has not yet been reached on what action will be taken to combat global warming. A number of companies have looked beyond the currstalemate to see the prospect of reducing greenhouse-gas emissions not as a roadblock to growth and innovation but as a unique opportunity...