The People's Republic of Chemicals (Hardcover)

Maverick environmental writers William J. Kelly and Chip Jacobs follow up their acclaimed Smogtown with a provocative examination of China's ecological calamity already imperiling a warming planet. Toxic smog most people figured was obsolete needlessly kills as many as died in the 9/11 attacks every day, while sometimes Grand Canyon-sized drifts of industrial particles aloft on the winds rain down ozone and waterway-poisoning mercury in America. In vivid, gonzo prose blending first-person reportage with exhaustive research and a sense of karma, Kelly and Jacobs describe China's ancient love affair with coal, Bill Clinton's blunders cutting free-trade deals enabling the U.S. to "export" manufacturing emissions to Asia in a shift that pilloried the West's middle class, Communist Party manipulation of eco-statistics, the horror of cancer villages, the deception of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and spellbinding peasant revolts against cancer-spreading plants involving thousands in mostly-censored melees. Ending with China's monumental coal-bases decried by climatologists as a global warming dagger, The People's Republic of Chemicals names names and emphasizes humanity over bloodless statistics in a classic sure to ruffle feathers as an indictment of money as the real green that not even Al Gore can deny.

General

Imprint:	Rare Bird Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2014
First published:	November 2014
Authors:	William J. Kelly • Chip Jacobs
Dimensions:	206 x 143 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-1-940207-25-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > General
LSN:	1-940207-25-8
Barcode:	9781940207254

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