Bright Green Lies
Book description
“This disturbing but very important book makes clear we must dig deeper than the normal solutions we are offered.”―Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia Works
"Bright Green Lies exposes the hypocrisy and bankruptcy of leading environmental groups and their most prominent cheerleaders. The best-known environmentalists are not in the business of…
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Its central thesis is that the deficiencies and environmental harm of major efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are being ignored, so that the privileged and elite can continue to live in comfort and affluence. The authors present evidence that advocates for alternative energy such as wind and solar greatly overestimate the potential of these sources to replace fossil fuel energy. At the same time, the development of wind and solar power has harmful environmental impacts, including the mining necessary to obtain rare earth minerals, the decimation of wilderness both in the process of obtaining minerals, and widely implementing wind…
From Anthony's list on to find out what we can do to fix the USA.
Environmentalism was once centered on conserving the living world. Today it’s centered on maintaining human expansion and technologies that are destroying the living world. Bright Green Lies is the central book for understanding this shift and lays the groundwork for the next generation of environmental thinking. The three highly capable authors name the names, disclose the locations, and brilliantly interrogate the lies we've told ourselves.
There is also a powerful film, Bright Green Lies, based on the book, directed by award-winning filmmaker Julia Barnes.
From Ozzie's list on the environment and the crisis we face.
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