Hell and High Water: Global Warming--the Solution and the Politics--and What We Should Do
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Hell and High Water: Global Warming--the Solution and the Politics--and What We Should Do
Joseph Romm
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ASIN: 006117212X
Release Date: 2006-12-26

Book Description

Global warming is the story of the twenty-first century. It is the most serious issue facing the future of humankind, and American energy and environmental policy is driving the whole world down the path of global catastrophe. Hell and High Water is nothing less than a wake-up call to the country. It is a searing critique of American environmental and energy policy and a passionate call to action by a writer with a unique command of the science and politics of climate change.

We have ten years, at most, to start making sharp cuts to our greenhouse gas emissions or we will face catastrophic consequences. The good news is that there is something we can do—but only if the leadership of the U.S. government acts immediately and asserts its influence on the rest of the world—in particular such emerging powers as China and India—to join an international effort to stop global warming.

Joseph Romm, an expert in the science, business, and politics of climate change, lays out a plan of action that involves:

Unfortunately, the required government policies and spending are strongly opposed by conservatives, who have blocked serious action on climate change and continue to publicly deny the dire warnings of scientists. Never before has there been such a sharp divergence between what top scientists know and what policymakers, the general public, and the media believe. And, sadly, never has so much been at stake.

Romm, who ran the largest program in the world that was concentrated on climate solutions, offers an authoritative dissection of this disastrous policy. Hell and High Water goes beyond ideological rhetoric to offer pragmatic solutions to avert the threat of global warming—solutions that must be taken seriously by every American.

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2 out of 5 stars Disappointing -- I expected better than this.......2007-10-22

Romm's book Hell and High Water disappointed me. I expected better than this.

What bothered me about the book? Not the basic premise. I agree with that. We should, I think, try to tread more lightly on the earth. In all of our billions, we make our marks on the earth ever deeper and more scarring. Who knows what damage we will do. Romm, and others, are right to be worried.

But Romm's book reads like a less polished version of An Inconvenient Truth. Romm presents his own personal story (that of his brother and his family losing their home to floodwaters in the Katrina hurricane) in place of Al Gore's personal story. Romm draws on the same sensationalism as Gore, uses much the same style, and has many of the same faults. Sort of "Gore lite," without the Oscar and the Nobel Prize.

Books like that don't help at all. They can't. They don't convince anyone -- they are far from the kind of balanced and logical argument that would sway someone's thinking. They just preach to the choir. But the choir is already converted. Why preach to them?

One reason to preach to the choir might be if you motivate them to solve the problem. Perhaps Romm's book does that? After all, Romm says he "ran the largest program in the world that was concentrated on climate solutions." (Turns out that he was head of the United States Department of Energy's office of energy efficiency and conservation, which he claims saved businesses and consumers $30 billion in energy costs. It's not quite inventing the Internet, but again like Gore, Romm does not shy away from claiming credit.) But in the end, what Romm tells people to do is "Get informed, get outraged, and then get political." What kind of solution is that?

Because when it gets right down to it, this is not a political problem. Even if you agree that we should do something to cut down on greenhouse gases, the solution is not to berate and hate the "Delayers and Denyers (when did that spelling become acceptable?)". That will not help. Not one bit. They are not the problem. The greenhouse gases are.

Romm is not alone in his approach to this kind of issue. Partisan screeds and attacks seem to sell in politics. Seems like all the Republicans do these days is blame the Democrats. And vice versa. Rational discussion of the political problems we face gets lost in bickering and vicious attacks. Does that help? I can't think how it could.

Unfortunately, climate change has become political and partisan. And Romm's book is nothing but that. It's full of italics and exaggeration. He mongers fear without shame. Many of the "facts" he uses to support his arguments are not factual. His book reads like something Ann Coulter or Al Franken might write. (And I don't mean that as a compliment.)

But maybe I'm being too critical. From the other reviews here about Romm's book, most readers were impressed. No one else seems to be disappointed.

Still, I was disappointed. I expected better than this.

5 out of 5 stars Alarming--because it's factual.......2007-08-17

As an environmental policy grad student, I thought I had a pretty good idea of what we're in for with climate change. But after reading this book I've realized that, oh no, it's worse than I thought. The book starts out by describing the nasty potential futures facing us if we fail to take sufficient action, and soon. This bit comes across as somewhat sensational, but Romm quickly moves in a very well done review of the scientific literature backing up the scary part. The account of the unified effort to deny the validity of climate change and delay action is also well executed.

Highly recommended for anyone who needs a little motivation to start caring about climate change!

5 out of 5 stars Wake Up Call.......2007-06-10

It's time to wake up to what's going on with our world and what we're doing to it. As a long time participant in the petroleum and related industries worldwide it has long been evident that we are exhausting the world's resources at an unsustainable rate detrimental to life as we know it and to a livable environment. Damon A. Peteron

5 out of 5 stars Great informative book.......2007-05-19

If you want the facts about global warming and what we need to do about it straight from the experts' mouths, this is the book for you. It covers everything about global warming from the media's bias to the various policies we need to implement to avoid catastrophic climate change, to the consequences if we fail to avoid it. Absolutely fantastic book.

5 out of 5 stars Highly recommended.......2007-05-10

I thought this book was really interesting in explaining the US politics behind global warming and the what has not been done in recent years by the US to curb global warming. It goes into great detail about the issues the planet faces if we do not reduce our CO2 output into the atmosphere.
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition
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  • Every American needs to read this book.
  • Essential reading for our time
  • never dry!
  • History as entertainment
  • An essential, action-packed story of water policy (yes, you read that right)
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition
Marc Reisner
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ASIN: 0140178244

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The definitive history of water resources in the American West, and a very illuminating lesson in the political economy of limited resources anywhere. Highly recommended!

Book Description

Part One Of Two Parts

The story of the American West is the story of the relentless quest to control and allocate nature's most common, and the West's most precious, resource: water. CADILLAC DESERT recounts this dramatic saga.

The early settlers were lured by free land. But there was not enough water to sustain them, and they drifted on. Only the Mormons stayed, carefully tending a system of irrigation canals that tempered perpetual drought. Their success gave birth to federal aid programs, principally the Bureau of Reclamation. Without the bureau, without Hoover, Shasta and Grand Coulee, the West as we know it would not exist.

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5 out of 5 stars Every American needs to read this book........2007-09-07

Or anyone thinking about moving/living west of the 100th meridian.

One of the best modern non-fiction books ever written, period.

5 out of 5 stars Essential reading for our time.......2007-08-23

AKA...those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. It's essential reading on the mismanagement of arguably our most critical resource: drinking water.

Meticulously researched and quite well written, it's rare to find a non-fiction book that can be classified a page-turner, but this it it.

5 out of 5 stars never dry!.......2007-08-20

The American experiment in democracy has degenerated into a plutocracy, in which wealth and power preempt democracy's ideals of equality and freedom [cf Kevin Phillips' Wealth & Democracy]. While Phillips gives a depressing history of the decline, and its corruption thru the centuries, Cadillac Desert focuses on perhaps the biggest corrupter of all - the sprawling water projects of the American West, in which water is diverted at huge cost to grow crops no one needs, all to support giant corporations that threaten to wipe out the family farms that were the rationale for the projects in the first place. Taken together, these books demonstrate that ideology or the party in power matters little - elections become a charade, masking the control of government by capital and its corporate controllers.

5 out of 5 stars History as entertainment.......2007-07-21

Many people often find history to be a boring subject, whether in school, as a TV show, or as dinner conversation. And within the broad subject of history, few are considered as boring as the topic of public works. Wars, great leaders, sex scandals, spy stories, and scientific revolutions are the common topics of history shows and history best-sellers. Yet so few history books are as entertaining or enjoyable as this tome from the now-deceased Marc Reisner. This book's subject matter is man's attempts to control water flow in the US west of the Appalachias. This includes dams, canals, reservoirs, river diversions, and numerous other public works projects related to water. Some mention is made of irrigation by Native Americans, but most of the text is on public works done in the 20th century by the US federal government, and occasionally some state governments. The book explores the politics (local and national) behind various dams and other projects, and shows how these human constructions affected local economies and ecologies. Names like Hoover Dam, Grand Teton Dam, Central Arizona Project, and San Joaquin Valley are covered here. The author also highlights key individuals involved in dams throughout US history; such as LBJ, Floyd Dominy, Carl Hayden, and John Powell.

The book's chapters flow in a chronological order, with some chapters backtracking in time to cover different regions of the US. The text itself flows quickly and is written very well with the author taking time to include comedy in the form of irony, shortsightedness and outright stupidity on the part of many public servants. Several black and white photos provide the only illustrations. The only drawback of the book is the paucity of maps. Many of the rivers mentioned in the text are not immediately recognizable to the lay reader. But all in all, I consider this one of the best history books of the 1990's.

5 out of 5 stars An essential, action-packed story of water policy (yes, you read that right).......2006-11-27

In "Cadillac Desert," Marc Reisner tells the story of how the American West destroyed its rivers with unnecessary dams. Environmentalists are often accused of opposing economic growth, but Reisner shows that the dam-builders - - and not their opponents - - were the ones ignoring economic criteria. As a result of the "beaver complex" of the Bureau of Reclamation and the US Army Corps of Engineers, we have a bunch of money-losing dams providing subsidized water to grow subsidized crops at high prices.

In other words, the beavers destroy wealth and jobs at the same time they destroy rivers, wetlands, and Indian reservations. Indirectly, they also contribute to the farm crisis in wetter areas such as the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys and the eastern seaboard.

It would be easy to unleash an army of econometricians to document the phenomenal waste of these dams. However, Reisner manages to provide us with an action narrative of these two out-of-control bureaucracies and a demented, pork-addled legislature. Let me repeat this, because it's the most remarkable feature of the book: an action narrative of two bureaucracies. The man can write.

He also gives us capsule biographies of leading figures - - including a full chapter on Floyd Dominy, the high priest of dam building. These people destroyed our rivers, not in the pursuit of growth, but in the pursuit of corporate welfare and back-room deals that move wealth around without creating any new wealth. Every environmentalist and anti-environmentalist needs to read the book.

In short, this is a riveting story, very well told. Not only is it highly recommended, but I join with many other reviewers in saying that this book should be required reading for all American citizens.
The Fluoride Deception
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The Fluoride Deception
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"It is my sincere hope that Christopher Bryson's apparently thorough and comprehensive perusal of the scientific literature on the biological actions of fluoride and the ensuing debates through the years will receive the attention it deserves and that its implications will be seriously considered."-Arvid Carlsson, winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Medicine

"The Fluoride Deception reads like a whodunit. . . .We are left with compelling evidence that powerful interests with high financial stakes have colluded to prematurely close honest discussion and investigation into fluoride toxicity."-Chemical & Engineering News

"Previous authors have presented the idea of a deception, if not an outright conspiracy, involving fluoride. What makes Bryson's book unique is that it is an up-to-date account supported by indisputable new evidence in the form of declassified correspondence and exhumation of buried studies."-Fluoride

"As with landmark titles, such as Silent Spring, Bryson's book is bound to become a seminal volume."-British Columbia Naturopathic Association

With the narrative punch of Jonathan Harr's A Civil Action and the commitment to environmental truth-telling of Erin Brockovich, The Fluoride Deception leads us on a terrifying journey through the history of the industrial use of fluoride, a chemical substance that has risen steadily in status from a deadly environmental pollutant responsible for injuring thousands to a key component in the development of the atomic bomb to a staple ingredient in toothpaste and drinking water all across the United States.

Christopher Bryson is an award-winning investigative reporter and television producer. After reporting on Guatemalan Army human rights abuses from Central America in the late 1980s for the BBC World Service, National Public Radio, and The Atlanta Constitution, he then won a George Polk Award as part of the Jonathan Kwitny investigative team on public television's The Kwitny Report.

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5 out of 5 stars Thank you Bryson!.......2007-10-04

A well written and increadibly referenced source for those who do not wish to succumb to the Bernay-style-propaganda that tells you Fluoride is good for your teeth and does not inhibit neuronal migration and development during fetal and early infancy. "Remember - you kids need fluoride for developing teeth" - Apparently your kids also need fluoride to accumulate in their pineal gland so that there melatonin poroduction centers can be poisoned, the can mature more quickly, and become docile, unintelligent, diabetic, obese "good" Americans, willing to fall in line and become a spoke in the organic wheel of a Hegelian society. Apparently all Americans need the direct neurotoxic effects that Fluoride can afford, and the direct renal toxicity that only increases when your kidneys fail. Apparently Americans need to poison spermatogenesis, out population is growing too fast anyhow. ASK any nephrologist --> Why has the age corrected incidence of renal failure increased dramatically over the past 35 years?; ask any reproductive endocrinologist --> Why have male viable sperm counts and motility decreased approx 50% over the past 35 years?; ask a psychiatrist - over the past 35 years, WHY has the incidence of autism spectrum disorders and ADHD now reached epidemic levels? Ask all these questions and you will hear the response that "We don't know why?" Apparently they have been sheilded of the pesky scientific papers pointing to fluoride.
Ignore the science.
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Go back to sleep...

5 out of 5 stars The Truth About Fluoride.......2007-09-06

Thank you, Chris Bryson, for this wonderful book. This is one of the most shocking, eye-opening books I have ever read. I was completely in the dark about this subject. How could we all have been fooled all these years? It's all been a complete and total lie. Fluoride rinses in school, fluoride toothpaste, fluoride in the drinking water...This is insanity. I sincerely hope that more and more people find out about this. I am trying to tell others as much as possible.

The book is extremely well documented. The footnotes are intensely detailed. The style and flow of the book makes for interesting reading. I still cannot believe this. This is one of the biggest scandals in history, but almost no one knows about it. When will we all wake up?

5 out of 5 stars Well Documentated book on fluoride in the U.S.......2007-09-04

Bryson does an excellent job researching and providing information about the use of fluoride by the US military. It is extremely disturbing that the US government has known about the damage that fluoride does to the human body and has actively worked with U.S. corporations to cover this information up.

5 out of 5 stars How fast can I say "I've changed my mind"?.......2007-09-01

The Fluoride Deception is an important book for our society and strongly recommend it be read by anyone interested in human health. Like most people I was moderately positive toward the use of fluoride in our water, toothpaste, etc. Recently my small Texas city has been faced with a decision to install water fluoridation equipment. I am a councilman and a retired scientist, although not in a medical field. I began researching the literature, both pro and anti fluoride. I was appalled by the low quality of information from the pro-fluoride side with their tactics of character assassination and deception. A thinking person would ask "If fluoride is so good for you why do they have to resort to such tactics?"
I found this book in the public library but I have now purchased a copy for future reference. I want to express my appreciation to Mr. Christopher Bryson for writing such a clear and compelling book that all can read and enjoy and maybe we can take back America's water someday.

5 out of 5 stars Fluoride Deception.......2007-07-26

I would highly recommend this book for those who want to learn the history and political chicanery behind why we are the recipients of our government's mantra,"Trust me I'm from the government". This book was really a riveting story that combines the best of a great detective novel , a mystery and a historical eye opener into how flouride became a terrible element introduced into our drinking water and other areas of our lives.

Be careful though when sharing this information with others. Be prepared to be branded a conspiracy nut. Many people refuse to see the truth!!!
The New Americans: A Guide to Immigration since 1965 (Harvard University Press Reference Library)
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    The New Americans: A Guide to Immigration since 1965 (Harvard University Press Reference Library)

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    Salsa has replaced ketchup as the most popular condiment. A mosque has been erected around the corner. The local hospital is staffed by Indian doctors and Philippine nurses, and the local grocery store is owned by a Korean family. A single elementary school may include students who speak dozens of different languages at home. This is a snapshot of America at the turn of the twenty-first century.

    The United States has always been a nation of immigrants, shaped by successive waves of new arrivals. The most recent transformation began when immigration laws and policies changed significantly in 1965, admitting migrants from around the globe in new numbers and with widely varying backgrounds and aspirations.

    This comprehensive guide, edited and written by an interdisciplinary group of prominent scholars, provides an authoritative account of the most recent surge of immigrants. Twenty thematic essays address such topics as immigration law and policy, refugees, unauthorized migrants, racial and ethnic identity, assimilation, nationalization, economy, politics, religion, education, and family relations. These are followed by comprehensive articles on immigration from the thirty most significant nations or regions of origin. Based on the latest U.S. Census data and the most recent scholarly research, The New Americans is an essential reference for students, scholars, and anyone curious about the changing face of America.

    United States Foreign Policy: Politics Beyond the Waters Edge
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    United States Foreign Policy: Politics Beyond the Waters Edge
    Donald M. Snow
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    ASIN: 0312166508

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    This text begins with the assertion that the environment in which foreign policy is made has changed since 1945, especially in the post-Cold War era. Prior to World War II, the nonpartisan, virtually nonpolitical nature of foreign policy was captured in the idea that politics ended at "the water's edge." The authors assert, however, that in the post-Cold War era politics extends well beyond a nation's borders.

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    1 out of 5 stars Waste.......2006-11-10

    This book is written poorly, with grammar errors and simple 'choppy' sentecnes, making it difficult to keep one's focus. I am sure there are other books that one could read for information on the topic.
    Water-Quality Trading
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      Water-Quality Trading
      Cy Jones , Lisa Bacon , Mark S Kieser , and David Sheridan
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      Water-quality trading is a market-based approach that allows a facility to meet its regulatory obligations by using the pollutant reductions created by another facility capable of doing it at a much lower cost. This resource is a practical guide for wastewater treatment plants to use in evaluating the potential for water-quality trading and provides the framework for designing and implementing the trade.
      Leadville: The Struggle To Revive An American Town
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      Leadville: The Struggle To Revive An American Town
      Gillian Klucas
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      Leadville explores the clash between a small mining town high up in Colorado's Rocky Mountains and the federal government, determined to clean up the toxic mess left from a hundred years of mining.

      Set amidst the historic streets and buildings reflecting the town's past glory as one of the richest nineteenth-century mining districts in North America-a history populated with characters such as Meyer Guggenheim and the Titanic's unsinkable Molly Brown--the Leadville Gillian Klucas portrays became a battleground in the 1980s and 1990s.

      The tale begins one morning in 1983 when a flood of toxic mining waste washes past the Smith Ranch and down the headwaters of the Arkansas River. The event presages a Superfund cleanup campaign that draws national attention, sparks local protest, and triggers the intervention of an antagonistic state representative.

      Just as the Environmental Protection Agency comes to town telling the community that their celebrated mining heritage is a public health and environmental hazard, the mining industry abandons Leadville, throwing the town into economic chaos. Klucas unveils the events that resulted from this volatile formula and the remarkable turnaround that followed.

      The author's well-grounded perspective, in-depth interviews with participants, and keen insights make Leadville a portrait vivid with characterizations that could fill the pages of a novel. But because this is a real story with real people, It shows the reality behind the Western mystique and explores the challenges to local autonomy and community identity brought by a struggle for economic survival, unyielding government policy, and long-term health consequences induced by extractive-industry practices.

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      5 out of 5 stars I hadn't a clue, until i read this book.......2005-06-15

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      At the Water's Edge: American Politics and the Vietnam War (American Ways)
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      Small delivers the first authoritative study of the Vietnam War's domestic politics. The war ultimately destroyed the presidency of Lyndon Johnson and indirectly forced the resignation of Richard Nixon. Those presidents who followed through the remainder of the twentieth century constructed their foreign policies mindful that they would not survive politically if they were to lead the nation into another protracted limited war in the Third World. Small is one of our best historians of the Vietnam War and widely known and admired for his analyses of how U.S. foreign policy has historically been shaped by domestic events and beliefs. Here he combines these talents to give us a superb account. --Walter LaFeber. American Ways Series.

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      5 out of 5 stars Showing how the war transformed American society and produced changes in long-standing political alliances.......2006-01-09

      Over all other wars, the long Vietnam War had heavy impact at home, creating divisions and social strife which had lasting effects on American politics. At The Water's Edge: American Politics And The Veitnam War focuses on these domestic changes, showing how the war transformed American society and produced changes in long-standing political alliances and a fundamental shift in values which was to impact politics, media reporting, economics and more - lasting to this day. Melvin small is a professor of history: his survey provides an important focus on the domestic front of the war.
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