Albert Gore
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.5 - AR Pts: 19
Description
"First published by Houghton Mifflin in 1962, Silent Spring alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of indiscriminate use of pesticides, spurring revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. 'Silent Spring became a runaway bestseller, with international reverberations . . . [It is] well crafted, fearless and succinct . . . Even if she had not inspired a generation of activists, Carson would prevail...
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Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 13.8 - AR Pts: 35
Description
"The consequential age we are living in will be remembered as one of the great turning points in civilization. Once we turn, though, where will we be? That is the compelling question Al Gore sets out to answer by examining the drivers of global change, connecting the dots among the social, economic, and political forces shaping our present and future. A rising global consciousness is forcing people around the world, but especially Americans, to rethink...
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Formats
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An analysis of how the politics of fear, secrecy, cronyism, and blind faith has created an environment dangerously hostile to reason. We live in an age when the 30-second television spot is the most powerful force shaping the electorate's thinking, and America is in the hands of an administration less interested than any previous administration in sharing the truth with the citizenry. Of even greater concern is this administration's disinterest in...
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Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Former vice president Al Gore helps children understand the underlying causes of the climate crisis that are threatening the global environment at the start of the twenty-first century and explains what children can do to help reverse the damage.
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Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Former Vice President Al Gore examines the climate crisis that is threatening the future of the planet, describes what the world's governments are doing to correct the problem, and explains why the problem should be taken more seriously.
Pub. Date
2006.
Description
Former Vice President Al Gore explains the facts of global warming, presents arguments that the dangers of global warning have reached the level of crisis, and addresses the efforts of certain interests to discredit the anti-global warming cause. Between lecture segments, Gore discusses his personal commitment to the environment, sharing anecdotes from his experiences.
Author
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
"This is a book about ice and people--the impact of ice on Earth, its climate, and its human residents, as well as the reciprocal impact that people are now having on ice and the climate. With clarity and insight, geophysicist Henry Pollack paints a compelling portrait of the delicate geological balance between Earth and its ice, and shows why the current rapid loss of ice portends serious consequences in our not-so-distant future." -- cover
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
As America and the world grapple with the consequences of global environmental change, writer and activist, Bill McKibben offers this unprecedented, inspiring and timely anthology gathering the best and most significant American environmental writng from the last two centuries.