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Before it's gone : stories from the front lines of climate change in small-town America / Jonathan Vigliotti.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : One Signal Publishers / Atria, 2024Copyright date: ©2024Edition: First One Signal Publishers/Atria Books hardcover editionDescription: xxxiv, 269 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1668008173
  • 9781668008171
Other title:
  • Before it is gone
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Contents:
Preface: ticktock -- Prologue: a world away hits close to home -- Author's note -- Fire. The flame tamer ; Harry's war ; Nature fights back ; Nature's hydrogen bomb ; Picking up the pieces ; Engineered miracles ; "Go, go, go" ; The whack-a-mole defensive ; When giants fall ; The uncharted road ahead ; To stay or to go ; "Nature's way" -- Water. Ice chaser ; The wake-up call ; Life before ; Answers on ice ; Sitting ducks ; Notes from a post-storm philharmonic ; Regulating sandcastles ; Fatal attraction ; Lessons learned ; Asleep at the wheel -- Air. Foote's notes ; Delirium nocturnum ; The beast ; Coffee, grits, and motorcycle grease ; HWY 89 ; The land between the rivers ; All hands on deck ; Ms. Becky's place -- Earth. Father of soil ; Dexter dirt ; Creampuff pioneers ; Checkmate ; Virgin land grab ; Turning the (dinner) tables -- Epilogue: kamikaze iguanas.
Summary: Discussion of the climate crisis has always suffered from a problem of abstraction. Data points and warnings of an overheated future struggle to break through the noise of everyday life. Deniers often portray climate solutions as inconvenient, expensive, and unnecessary. And many politicians, cloistered by status and focused always on their next election, do not yet see climate as a winning issue in the short run, so they don't take any action at all. But climate change, and its devastating consequences, has kept apace whether we want to pay attention or not. CBS News national correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti has seen that crisis unfold for himself, spending nearly two decades reporting across the United States (and the world) documenting the people, communities, landmarks, and traditions we've already surrendered. Vigliotti shares with urgency and personal touch the story of an America on the brink. Before It's Gone traces Vigliotti's travels across the country, taking him to the frontlines of climate disaster and revealing the genuine impacts of climate change that countless Americans have already been forced to confront. From massive forest fires in California to hurricanes in Louisiana, receding coastlines in Massachusetts and devastated fisheries in Alaska, we learn that warnings of a future impacted by climate are no more; the climate catastrophe is already here. Before It's Gone traces Vigliotti's travels across the country, taking him to the frontlines of climate disaster and revealing the genuine impacts of climate change that countless Americans have already been forced to confront. From massive forest fires in California to hurricanes in Louisiana, receding coastlines in Massachusetts and devastated fisheries in Alaska, we learn that warnings of a future impacted by climate are no more; the climate catastrophe is already here.
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction New 363.7387 V677 Available 33111011128572
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

From CBS News national correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti, a "vivid" (Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize - winning author) and "stunning" ( Booklist ) character-driven call to action on our climate, told through the stories of the pioneering Americans working to persevere as leadership inaction risks the very survival of our heartland and hometowns.

Discussion of the climate crisis has always suffered from a problem of abstraction. Data points and warnings of an overheated future struggle to break through the noise of everyday life. Deniers often portray climate solutions as inconvenient, expensive, and unnecessary. And many politicians, cloistered by status and focused always on their next election, do not yet see climate as a winning issue in the short run, so they don't take any action at all. But climate change, and its devastating consequences, has kept apace whether we want to pay attention or not.

CBS News national correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti has seen that crisis unfold for himself, spending nearly two decades reporting across the United States (and the world) documenting the people, communities, landmarks, and traditions we've already surrendered. Vigliotti shares with urgency and personal touch the story of an America on the brink.

Before It's Gone traces Vigliotti's travels across the country, taking him to the frontlines of climate disaster and revealing the genuine impacts of climate change that countless Americans have already been forced to confront. From massive forest fires in California to hurricanes in Louisiana, receding coastlines in Massachusetts and devastated fisheries in Alaska, we learn that warnings of a future impacted by climate are no more; the climate catastrophe is already here.

This is the story of America, and Americans, on the edge, and a powerful argument that radical action on climate change with a respect for its people and traditions is not only possible, but also the only way to preserve what we love.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-260) and index.

Discussion of the climate crisis has always suffered from a problem of abstraction. Data points and warnings of an overheated future struggle to break through the noise of everyday life. Deniers often portray climate solutions as inconvenient, expensive, and unnecessary. And many politicians, cloistered by status and focused always on their next election, do not yet see climate as a winning issue in the short run, so they don't take any action at all. But climate change, and its devastating consequences, has kept apace whether we want to pay attention or not. CBS News national correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti has seen that crisis unfold for himself, spending nearly two decades reporting across the United States (and the world) documenting the people, communities, landmarks, and traditions we've already surrendered. Vigliotti shares with urgency and personal touch the story of an America on the brink. Before It's Gone traces Vigliotti's travels across the country, taking him to the frontlines of climate disaster and revealing the genuine impacts of climate change that countless Americans have already been forced to confront. From massive forest fires in California to hurricanes in Louisiana, receding coastlines in Massachusetts and devastated fisheries in Alaska, we learn that warnings of a future impacted by climate are no more; the climate catastrophe is already here. Before It's Gone traces Vigliotti's travels across the country, taking him to the frontlines of climate disaster and revealing the genuine impacts of climate change that countless Americans have already been forced to confront. From massive forest fires in California to hurricanes in Louisiana, receding coastlines in Massachusetts and devastated fisheries in Alaska, we learn that warnings of a future impacted by climate are no more; the climate catastrophe is already here.

Preface: ticktock -- Prologue: a world away hits close to home -- Author's note -- Fire. The flame tamer ; Harry's war ; Nature fights back ; Nature's hydrogen bomb ; Picking up the pieces ; Engineered miracles ; "Go, go, go" ; The whack-a-mole defensive ; When giants fall ; The uncharted road ahead ; To stay or to go ; "Nature's way" -- Water. Ice chaser ; The wake-up call ; Life before ; Answers on ice ; Sitting ducks ; Notes from a post-storm philharmonic ; Regulating sandcastles ; Fatal attraction ; Lessons learned ; Asleep at the wheel -- Air. Foote's notes ; Delirium nocturnum ; The beast ; Coffee, grits, and motorcycle grease ; HWY 89 ; The land between the rivers ; All hands on deck ; Ms. Becky's place -- Earth. Father of soil ; Dexter dirt ; Creampuff pioneers ; Checkmate ; Virgin land grab ; Turning the (dinner) tables -- Epilogue: kamikaze iguanas.

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