Is Science Enough?: Forty Critical Questions about Climate Justice by Chomsky, Aviva

Is Science Enough?: Forty Critical Questions about Climate Justice

Why social, racial, and economic justice are just as crucial as science in determining how humans can...
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Author: Aviva Chomsky
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Is Science Enough?: Forty Critical Questions about Climate Justice by Chomsky, Aviva

Is Science Enough?: Forty Critical Questions about Climate Justice

€22,78

Is Science Enough?: Forty Critical Questions about Climate Justice

€22,78
Author: Aviva Chomsky
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Why social, racial, and economic justice are just as crucial as science in determining how humans can reverse climate catastrophe

We are facing a climate catastrophe. A plethora of studies describe the damage we've already done, the droughts, the wildfires, the super-storms, the melting glaciers, the heat waves, and the displaced people fleeing lands that are becoming uninhabitable. Many people understand that we are facing a climate emergency, but may be fuzzy on technical, policy, and social justice aspects. In Is Science Enough?, Aviva Chomsky breaks down the concepts, terminology, and debates for activists, students, and anyone concerned about climate change. She argues that science is not enough to change course: we need put social, racial, and economic justice front and center and overhaul the global growth economy.

Chomsky's accessible primer focuses on 5 key issues:

1.) Technical questions: What exactly are "clean," "renewable," and "zero-emission" energy sources? How much do different sectors (power generation, transportation, agriculture, industry, etc.) contribute to climate change? Can forests serve as a carbon sink?

2.) Policy questions: What is the Green New Deal? How does a cap-and-trade system work? How does the United States subsidize the fossil fuel industry?

3.) What can I do as an individual?: Do we need to consume less? What kinds of individual actions can make the most difference? Should we all be vegetarians?

4.) Social, racial, and economic justice: What's the relationship of inequality to climate change? What do race and racism have to do with climate change? How are pandemics related to climate change?

5.) Broadening the lens: What is economic growth? How important is it, and how does it affect the environment? What is degrowth?

Author: Aviva Chomsky
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 04/05/2022
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780807015766


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/31/2022
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2022

About the Author
Aviva Chomsky is a professor of history and the coordinator of Latin American Studies at Salem State University. The author of several books including Undocumented and They Take Our Jobs!, Chomsky has been active in the Latin American solidarity and immigrants' rights movements for over thirty years. She lives in Salem, Massachusetts.

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