New York Times-Bestselling Author:"Should be ready by anyone who owns a microwave, or an i Pod, or a table lamp, which is to say everyone." -Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year Coal is still a significant source of power in the United States-and coal mining is still a deadly and environmentally destructive industry. Much of the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere each year comes from coal-fired power plants, and in recent decades air pollution from coal plants has killed more than half a million Americans. In this eye-opening call to action, Jeff Goodell explains the costs and consequences of America’s addiction to coal and discusses how we can kick the habit."[A] compelling indictment . . . powerful." -The New York Times Book Review"Goodell’s description of the mining-related deaths, the widespread health consequences of burning coal and the impact on our planet’s increasingly fragile ecosystem make for compelling reading, but . . . are not what lift this book out of the ordinary. That distinction belongs to Goodell’s fieldwork, which takes him to Atlanta, West Virginia, Wyoming, China and beyond." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Goodell does a first-rate job of balancing environmental concerns with interviews from the human faces associated with ‘Big Coal’." -Library Journal
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