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Author Brown, Lester R. (Lester Russell), 1934-

Title The great transition : shifting from fossil fuels to solar and wind energy / Lester R. Brown with Janet Larsen, J. Matthew Roney, and Emily E. Adams, Earth Policy Institute.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2015.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  333.79 BROWN    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  333.794 BRO    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  333.79 B81    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  333.79 BROWN    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  333.79 BRO    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xiv, 178 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-163) and index.
Contents Changing direction -- The rise and fall of oil -- Closing coal plants -- Nuclear power in decline -- The solar revolution -- The age of wind -- Tapping the Earth's heat -- Hydropower : past and future -- The accelerating transition.
Summary Examines the rise of a new global energy economy moving away from coal and oil, and toward solar and wind power, as costs for those technologies continue to drop.
Subject Renewable energy sources.
Greenhouse gas mitigation.
Solar energy.
Wind power.
Greenhouse gas mitigation. (OCoLC)fst00947703
Renewable energy sources. (OCoLC)fst01094570
Solar energy. (OCoLC)fst01124984
Wind power. (OCoLC)fst01175627
Added Author Larsen, Janet (Environmentalist), author.
Roney, J. Matthew, author.
Adams, Emily E., author.
Earth Policy Institute.
Added Title Shifting from fossil fuels to solar and wind energy
ISBN 9780393350555 (paperback)
039335055X (paperback)
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