Straight Up

“The Web’s most influential climate-change blogger” and “Hero of the Environment 2009” --Time Magazine

“I trust Joe Romm on climate.” -- Paul Krugman, New York Times

“America’s fiercest climate-change activist-blogger” and one of “The 100 People Who Are Changing America” -- Rolling Stone

“One of the most influential energy and environmental policy makers in the Obama era” --U.S. News & World Report

“The indispensable blog” -- Thomas Friedman, New York Times

Joseph J. Romm is a climate expert, physicist, and author. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and former acting assistant secretary of energy efficiency and renewable energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. His previous books include Hell and High Water, The Hype About Hydrogen, and Cool Companies.

Table of Contents:

INTRODUCTION
Why I Blog
CHAPTER 1
The Status Quo Media
CHAPTER 2
Uncharacteristically Blunt Scientists
CHAPTER 3
The Clean Energy Solution
CHAPTER 4
Peak Oil? Consider It Solved
CHAPTER 5
The Clean Energy New Deal
CHAPTER 6
End of the Bush-Cheney Error
CHAPTER 7
The Right-Wing Disinformation Machine
CHAPTER 8
Diagnosing Someone with Anti-Scientific Syndrome (ASS)
CHAPTER 9
Why Are Progressives So Lousy at Messaging?
CONCLUSION
Is the Global Economy a Ponzi Scheme?