Apollo's fire : igniting America's clean-energy economy / Jay Inslee, Bracken Hendricks ; foreword by Bill Clinton.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-367) and index.

Print version record.

The first Apollo Project -- 1. A new Apollo Project for energy -- Global warming comes to the White House, or doesn't -- Ten energy enlightenments -- 2. Reinventing the car -- Becoming Mahatma -- 3. Waking up to the new solar dawn -- When energy markets go wrong : surviving Enron -- 4. Energy efficiency : the distributed power of democracy -- Green-collar jobs : from the South Bronx to Oakland -- 5. Reenergizing our communities, one project at a time -- "We don't need oil" -- 6. Homegrown energy -- Wild energy : false starts on the road to success -- 7. Sailing in a sea of energy -- A mind opened about mined coal -- 8. Can coal or nuclear be part of the solution? -- The Apollo Alliance : new coalitions for change -- 9. What's it going to take? -- A tale of two presidents -- 10. An American energy policy -- Placing out bets on a new Apollo Project -- Lessons of the mimosa tree -- Stories from the field -- Epilogue : launching Apollo.

In this book the authors make the case for renewable energy and renewable energy policy. Each chapter begins with an inspiring story by someone working in renewable energy or a related field.

eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide