Ending the fossil fuel industry is our only hope of a liveable climate.
Holly Jean Buck is an Assistant Professor of Environment and Sustainability at the University at Buffalo in Buffalo, New York. Her book After Geoengineering explores best and worst-case scenarios for climate intervention.
Praise for After Geoengineering: one of the strengths of Buck's
approach to her topic is the narrative nonfiction treatment of an
issue often too complex for individual human imaginations ... She
expertly preserves the nuance and complexity of figuring out what
to do with the remains of an industry on which the entire global
economy currently depends.
*Issues in Science and Technology*
Praise for After Geoengineering: A book to be read on its own
terms...Buck's eloquent and useful
*New Socialist*
Praise for After Geoengineering: This is the guide to the future
... Written in graceful prose ... this book shines. Anyone worried
about what comes next should read it.
*Andreas Malm, author of The Progress of This Storm and How to Blow
Up a Pipeline*
Praise for After Geoengineering: A really fantastic book; as if
Ursula K. Le Guin wrote a definitive study of carbon management
options for the twenty-first century. A meticulously researched,
beautifully drawn portrait of dozens of possible futures and how to
make them reality. A must-read for anyone who cares about making a
cooler and more just future for generations to come.
*Emma Marris, author of Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a
Post-Wild World*
Praise for After Geoengineering: Buck's brilliant-and
hopeful-overview is not merely technical or economic, but addresses
head-on the implications for climate justice. Beautifully written
... this book is required reading for how to navigate the crisis
ahead.
*Matt Huber, author of Lifeblood: Oil, Freedom and the Forces of
Capital*
Praise for After Geoengineering: Holly Jean Buck transcends stale
debates and allows us to imagine a hopeful world beyond both
capitalism and climate catastrophe. Providing a rigorous (and
joyful!) look at technological options to buy time, adapt to
change, and renew the planet, this radical book is long
overdue.
*Paul Robbins, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies*
Praise for After Geoengineering: Original, thought-provoking
*Nature*
Considered, beautifully written, and mindful of the many actors at
play in shaping our planet. Most importantly, it foregrounds the
importance of ensuring frontline communities' prosperity in our
future economy.
*Stir to Action*
Ending Fossil Fuels is a thought-provoking analysis of barriers to
decarbonisation, a fascinating read for anyone concerned about the
looming climate catastrophe.
*LSE Review of Books*
Read it and join the ongoing global project to make the phasing out
of fossil fuels the new common sense.
*Peace News*
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