The Big Fix: Seven Practical Steps to Save our Planet

by Hal Harvey, Justin Gillis Narrated by Sean Patrick Hopkins

Overview

A “smart, honest, and down-to-earth” (Elizabeth Kolbert) citizen's guide to the seven urgent changes that will really make a difference for our climate.

If you think the only thing you can do to combat climate change is to install a smart thermostat or cook plant-based meat, you're thinking too small.

In The Big Fix, energy policy advisor Hal Harvey and longtime New York Times reporter Justin Gillis offer a new, hopeful way to engage with one of the greatest problems of our age. Writing in a lively, accessible style, the pair illuminate how the really big decisions that affect our climate get made-whether by the most obscure public utilities commissions or in the lofty halls of state capitols-and reveal how each of us can influence these decisions to deliver change. The pair focus on the seven areas of our political economy where ambitious but practical changes will have the greatest effect: from what kind of power plants to build to how much insulation new houses require to how efficient cars must be before they're allowed on the road.

Equal parts pragmatic and inspiring-and “full of illustrative stories and compelling evidence” (Al Gore)-The Big Fix provides an action plan for anyone serious about holding our governments accountable and saving our threatened planet.

Editorial Reviews

MARCH 2023 - AudioFile

Sean Patrick Hopkins delivers a spirited and engaging narration that inspires and empowers listeners to take action to combat climate change. It can be easy for citizens to feel lost when it comes to tackling the issue of climate change--where does one even start? Despite the magnitude of the problem, authors Hal Harvey and Justin Gillis break down the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions into seven key areas: electricity production, transportation, buildings, industry, urbanization, land use, and investment in green technologies. In recounting stories of ordinary citizens who took on the powers that be, Hopkins's down-to-earth narration style offers listeners concrete suggestions for effecting change. S.E.G. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

From the Publisher

Full of illustrative stories and compelling evidence, The Big Fix outlines an ambitious yet feasible guide for how America can lead the global solution to the climate crisis. Business leaders, activists, and policymakers at all levels will find inspiration from the pragmatic approaches outlined in this book.”
—Al Gore

“A truly comprehensive—and entirely comprehensible—guide to the things we can and must do to transform our use of energy. This book will be of great use to anyone who wants to participate in the greatest technological revolution in human history.”
—Bill McKibben

Library Journal

01/01/2022

Energy Innovation CEO Harvey and award-winning New York Times reporter Gillis join forces to show how we can reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero and save the earth, focusing on seven key areas where we-can-do-it change will have the biggest effect. Those areas include electricity production, transportation, buildings, industry, urbanization, use of land, and investment in promising new green technologies. With a 50,000-copy first printing.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940176003697
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster
Publication date:	09/20/2022
Edition description:	Unabridged

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