Freedom from Oil: How the Next President Can End the United States' Oil Addiction - Couverture rigide

Sandalow, David

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ISBN 10 : 0071489061 ISBN 13 : 9780071489065

Editeur : McGraw-Hill Professional, 2007

Synopsis

“I plan to deliver an address from the Oval Office one month from today. The topic will be oil dependence.”

With these opening words, Freedom from Oil takes the reader to the highest levels of government, as Cabinet members and White House aides debate how to break our addiction to oil. In a fast-moving narrative, David Sandalow shows how to solve this problem while offering a unique window into the White House at work.

A White House veteran, Sandalow explores what would happen if the next President made breaking the United States' addiction to oil a top priority. In crisp and clear prose, Sandalow explains the size of the challenge and then offers a powerful message of hope. “This issue unites Americans,” he writes. “Game-changing technologies are at hand.” Plug-in cars, biofuels and measures to improve traffic are all part of the solution.

Throughout the book, profiles of fascinating individuals help bring serious policy dialogue to life. From the commander of U.S. forces in western Iraq to a grandmother in northern Alaska to an electric car entrepreneur to the winner of the Indianapolis 500, Freedom from Oil is filled with stories of people whose lives have been touched by oil dependence-and are working to find solutions.

Drawing on both his government experience and energy expertise, Sandalow depicts the President's top advisers as they explore options, shape solutions and create national policy, culminating in an inspiring speech by the President to the nation.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

David B. Sandalow is Director of the Environment & Energy Project at the Brookings Institution. He has served as Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans, Environment & Science; Senior Director for Environmental Affairs, National Security Council; Associate Director for the Global Environment, White House Council on Environmental Quality. His opinion pieces and articles have appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Washington Times, Financial Times, International Herald Tribune, Science, and many other periodicals. He has appeared on BBC, CBS, CNN, NPR and other broadcast outlets. He has been a Stimson Fellow at Yale University; commencement speaker at the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and the Environment; member of the Sustainable Development Roundtable at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); member of the American Bar Association (ABA) Standing Committee on Environmental Law; and co-chair of the ABA's Annual Conference on Environmental Law. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School (JD 1982) and Yale College (BA Philosophy 1978).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0071489061
• ISBN 13: 9780071489065
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible