{"product_id":"9780063074767","title":"Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eShellenberger, Michael\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHarper\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8\/4\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow a National Bestseller! \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClimate\u003cbr\u003echange is real but it’s not the end of the world. It is not even our most\u003cbr\u003eserious environmental problem.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Shellenberger has been fighting for a\u003cbr\u003egreener planet for decades. He helped save the world’s last unprotected\u003cbr\u003eredwoods. He co-created the predecessor to today’s Green New Deal. And he led a\u003cbr\u003esuccessful effort by climate scientists and activists to keep nuclear plants operating,\u003cbr\u003epreventing a spike of emissions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in 2019, as some claimed “billions of\u003cbr\u003epeople are going to die,” contributing to rising anxiety, including among\u003cbr\u003eadolescents, Shellenberger decided that, as a lifelong environmental activist,\u003cbr\u003eleading energy expert, and father of a teenage daughter, he needed to speak out\u003cbr\u003eto separate science from fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite decades of news media attention, many\u003cbr\u003eremain ignorant of basic facts. Carbon emissions peaked and have been declining\u003cbr\u003ein most developed nations for over a decade. Deaths from extreme weather, even\u003cbr\u003ein poor nations, declined 80 percent over the last four decades. And the risk\u003cbr\u003eof Earth warming to very high temperatures is increasingly unlikely thanks to\u003cbr\u003eslowing population growth and abundant natural gas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCuriously, the people who are the most\u003cbr\u003ealarmist about the problems also tend to oppose the obvious solutions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat’s really behind the rise of apocalyptic\u003cbr\u003eenvironmentalism? There are powerful financial interests. There are desires for\u003cbr\u003estatus and power. But most of all there is a desire among supposedly secular\u003cbr\u003epeople for transcendence. This spiritual impulse can be natural and healthy.\u003cbr\u003eBut in preaching fear without love, and guilt without redemption, the new\u003cbr\u003ereligion is failing to satisfy our deepest psychological and existential needs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46830222213375,"sku":"9780063074767","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780063074767_s600x595.jpg?v=1780334517","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780063074767","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}