The Green New Deal and Beyond

– We know other authors have Green New Deal books in the works; most will be urging support for the Green New Deal (The subtitle of Naomi Klein’s September 2019 book «On Fire» is «The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal»). Some may call for combining GND features with carbon taxes, futuristic technologies, and other mechanisms, even including nuclear power.

–This is the only book offering a «deep green» solution. Stan Cox advocates for: a direct, declining cap on fossil energy; recognition of the limitations of wind and solar; the need for a society that lives on less energy; the allocation of energy and resources toward meeting universal needs and away from wasteful and luxury production; and fair-shares rationing of energy for years.

– Stan Cox’s publishing profile, career, and education positions him has as a credible, common-sense voice for the necessity of making changes to national policy, social norms, and individual lifestyles to prevent catastrophic climate change.

– All reputable science indicates that climate change will accelerate and intensify if human use of fossil fuels is not immediately and massively cut and replaced with sustainable sources of renewable energy. This book looks past the proposed Green New Deal to find a way this is actually possible.

– Fighting climate change is emerging as the single most important issue of our time

–This book is written in clear language for all types of readers, and the book’s proposed solutions are concrete, common sense, and accessible.

– The author has an impressive press record, including A-list media interviews and Op-Eds for his previous books including NPR Morning Edition, Marketplace, NPR's «1A», MSNBC, On Point, Here and Now, 99 Percent Invisible podcast, The Weather Channel, WNYC/NPR's The Brian Lehrer Show, CBC Radio, Salon, Architect Magazine, VICE Motherboard, ABC News, Chicago Tribune, Economist, Daily Mail, FOX Business. Featured stories in New York Times, LA Times, Boston Globe, Macleans, and National Post. Op-eds in Washington Post, NY Times, Guardian, Yale e360, Al Jazeera, and the Pacific Standard.