{"product_id":"the-green-new-deal-and-beyond-ending-the-climate-emergency-while-we-still-can-paperback","title":"The Green New Deal and Beyond: Ending the Climate Emergency While We Still Can - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStan Cox\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNoam Chomsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA clear and urgent call for the national, social, and individual changes required to prevent catastrophic climate change.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An iconoclast of the best kind, Stan Cox has an all-too-rare commitment to following arguments wherever they lead, however politically dangerous that turns out to be.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Naomi Klein\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eOn Fire: The (Burning) Case for the New Green Deal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving to zero net carbon emissions, and fast, is the point of Stan Cox's important new study, \u003cem\u003eThe Green New Deal and Beyond\u003c\/em\u003e. Cox advocates on behalf of the GND as one step of several we need to take to stabilize the planet.\u003cstrong\u003e--Noam Chomsky\u003c\/strong\u003e, from the book's foreword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe prospect of a Green New Deal is providing millions of people with a sense of hope, but scientists warn there is little time left to take the actions needed. We are at a critical point, and while the Green New Deal will be a step in the right direction, we need to do more--right now--to avoid catastrophe. In \u003cem\u003eThe Green New Deal and Beyond\u003c\/em\u003e, author and plant scientist Stan Cox explains why we must abolish the use of fossil fuels as soon as possible, and how it can be done. He addresses a host of glaring issues not mentioned in the GND and guides us through visionary, achievable ideas for working toward a solution to the deepening crisis. It's up to each of us, Cox writes, to play key roles in catalyzing the necessary transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA strictly science-based plan for effectively addressing the dire realities of climate change. . . . Convincing, painful, and a long shot--but better than the alternative.\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis is a warning well worth heeding.\u003cstrong\u003e--Raj Patel, \u003c\/strong\u003e co-author of\u003cem\u003e A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cem\u003e The Green New Deal and Beyond\u003c\/em\u003e, Stan Cox presents a smart, sane, and plausibly optimistic alternative to abandoning all hope.\u003cstrong\u003e--David Owen\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eVolume Control: Hearing in a Deafening World \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe teachings of Indigenous Peoples are still here, and it's up to the present generation to muster the courage and resources to follow those instructions. Stan Cox reminds us of this historic dialogue and development of the Green New Deal, and helps us find the path back to those instructions.--\u003cstrong\u003eWinona LaDuke\u003c\/strong\u003e (Anishinaabe), author of \u003cem\u003eAll Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e LaDuke Chronicles\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStan Cox suggests remedies that should ignite lively discussion and intense debate, which is sorely needed. A must-read for those who care about our shared planetary future.--\u003cstrong\u003eMary Evelyn Tucker\u003c\/strong\u003e, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, co-author, \u003cem\u003eJourney of the Universe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn invaluable contribution to what must become an unprecedented international revolution.--\u003cstrong\u003eWill Potter\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of\u003cem\u003e \u003cem\u003eGreen Is the New Red: An Insider's Account of a Social Movement Under Siege\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCox argues that this is not idealism, but necessity. By 2030 or 2040, if our aims and policies turn out to have been insufficient, as he points out, it will have been too late.\u003cstrong\u003e--Natalie Suzelis, \u003cem\u003eUneven Earth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this important and readable book, Stan Cox moves the Overton window away from false hope and toward a more realistic path for avoiding climate catastrophe.--\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Peter Kalmus\u003c\/strong\u003e, NASA climate scientist and author of \u003cem\u003eBeing the Change\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStan Cox\u003c\/strong\u003e began his career in the U.S. Department of Agriculture and is now the Lead Scientist at The Land Institute. Cox is the author of \u003cem\u003eAny Way You Slice It: The Past, Present, and Future of Rationing, Losing Our Cool: Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air-Conditioned World (and Finding New Ways to Get Through the Summer) \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eSick Planet: Corporate Food and Medicine\u003c\/em\u003e. His writing about the economic and political roots of the global ecological crisis have appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHartford Courant\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBaltimore Sun\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDenver Post\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKansas City Star\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eArizona Republic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAl Jazeera\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSalon\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eDissent\u003c\/em\u003e, and in local publications spanning 43 U.S. states. In 2012, \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e named Cox their Readers' Choice Brave Thinker for his critique of air conditioning. 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