BookShelf

“Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet” [1]

The new book “Climate of Hope” by ex-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Sierra Club chief Carl Pope concludes that, despite partisan obstacles, we have made progress in fighting the planet’s warming.

SEJ Publication Types:

BookShelf [2]

Topics on the Beat:

Climate Change [3]

Environmental Studies [4]

Government [5]

Laws & Regulations [6]

Policy [7]

Region:

National (U.S.) [8]

Visibility:

Public [9]

Read more about “Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet” [1]

“Hot, Hungry Planet: The Fight to Stop a Global Food Crisis in the Face of Climate Change” [10]

Author Lisa Palmer tackles a question many experts in the natural and social sciences are also pondering: How can we feed a growing world population in the coming decades when climate change is stressing global food production systems?

SEJ Publication Types:

BookShelf [2]

Topics on the Beat:

Agriculture [11]

Climate Change [3]

Consumer [12]

Economy & Business [13]

Food [14]

People & Population [15]

Policy [7]

Region:

National (U.S.) [8]

International [16]

Africa [17]

Asia [18]

South America [19]

Visibility:

Public [9]

Read more about “Hot, Hungry Planet: The Fight to Stop a Global Food Crisis in the Face of Climate Change” [10]

Between the Lines: Forged in Fire — Author Follows the Flames, and Fights Them, To Cover the Changing Nature of Wildfires [20]

The global rise of large-scale, intense and devastating wildfires is the subject of a new book by award-winning photojournalist Michael Kodas, who spoke with SEJournal's book editor about what makes these new fires so different, what role climate change plays and how he joined firefighters amid the flames.

SEJ Publication Types:

BookShelf [2]

Topics on the Beat:

Climate Change [3]

Disasters [21]

Forests [22]

Journalism & Media [23]

Planning & Growth [24]

Region:

National (U.S.) [8]

Visibility:

Public [9]

Read more about Between the Lines: Forged in Fire — Author Follows the Flames, and Fights Them, To Cover the Changing Nature of Wildfires [20]

"The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate” [25]

BookShelf takes a peek into the hidden life of trees, to understand how biologists believe plants may communicate and even assist others that are struggling, and what that may mean for modern forestry.

SEJ Publication Types:

BookShelf [2]

Topics on the Beat:

Natural Resources [26]

Science [27]

Region:

National (U.S.) [8]

Visibility:

Public [9]

Read more about "The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate” [25]

“Canoes: A Natural History in North America” [28]

Canoes have long been part of North America’s cultural fabric. And a hefty new book, rich in visuals, tells the story of this unique mode of transport, which brings us closer to nature and despite changes in materials has remained essentially unchanged.

SEJ Publication Types:

BookShelf [2]

Topics on the Beat:

Transportation [29]

Water & Oceans [30]

Region:

National (U.S.) [8]

Visibility:

Public [9]

Read more about “Canoes: A Natural History in North America” [28]

Between the Lines: As Rules Change for Journalists, Room Remains for Determined Voice [31]

Energy writer Andrew Nikiforuk talks with SEJournal's Between the Lines editor about his book “Slick Water: Fracking and One Insider’s Stand Against the World’s Most Powerful Industry.” The SEJ award-winning text follows the seven-year saga of a longtime oil patch consultant-turned-whistleblower.

SEJ Publication Types:

BookShelf [2]

Topics on the Beat:

Activism [32]

Climate Change [3]

Energy & Fuel [33]

Environmental Politics [34]

Journalism & Media [23]

Natural Resources [26]

Region:

National (U.S.) [8]

Canada [35]