Article V: (the movie) - Couverture souple

Clos, Bernard Du

 
9780595521852: Article V: (the movie)
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595521851 ISBN 13 : 9780595521852
Editeur : iUniverse, 2008

Synopsis

Severe droughts in North Africa and the Middle East have countries warring over water supplies, throwing the world oil market into chaos. Though U.S. gas prices have spiked to $10 a gallon at the pump, Capitol Hill in Washington is at loggerheads over energy and environment legislation.A group of state governors campaigning for increased use of ethanol fuel appear victims of sabotage when a riverboat explodes on the Mississippi. Earlier on, JACK FITZGERALD is folded into the intrigue when one of those guvs, Iowa's KATHY BRANDON (his former college sweetheart), recruits him as her media advisor.Assisted by a couple feisty interns from their alma mater, Jack and Kathy cobble together a century-plus tableau of energy politics and skullduggery that reveals how the world got itself into this mess. Is it their clear eye to the past and the solution they propose why those governors get blown to smithereens?Article V is an adventure with twists of history that'll get you wondering what might've been, and then asking what can be done now?

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Severe droughts in North Africa and the Middle East have countries warring over water supplies, throwing the world oil market into chaos. Though U.S. gas prices have spiked to $10 a gallon at the pump, Capitol Hill in Washington is at loggerheads over energy and environment legislation.A group of state governors campaigning for increased use of ethanol fuel appear victims of sabotage when a riverboat explodes on the Mississippi. Earlier on, JACK FITZGERALD is folded into the intrigue when one of those guvs, Iowa's KATHY BRANDON (his former college sweetheart), recruits him as her media advisor.Assisted by a couple feisty interns from their alma mater, Jack and Kathy cobble together a century-plus tableau of energy politics and skullduggery that reveals how the world got itself into this mess. Is it their clear eye to the past and the solution they propose why those governors get blown to smithereens?Article V is an adventure with twists of history that'll get you wondering what might've been, and then asking what can be done now?

Biographie de l'auteur

After dipping a toe in public policy work and journalism, Bernard DuClos dove into media and public relations. His book Fair Game was a Doubleday True Crime Book Club selection. Twenty years a New Yorker starting with grad school at NYU, he's currently based in his native Midwest.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595521851
ISBN 13 
9780595521852
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
196
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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