Description:
"Dazzling in the bold questions it asks....An immense contribution." --Naomi Klein
An in-depth investigation into the growing industry of green technologies and the environmental, social, and political consequences of the mining it requires.
Brief description: Thea Riofrancos is a political science professor at Providence College, and Strategic Co-Director of the Climate and Community Institute. Her research has been featured in essays in The New York Times, The Washington Post, N+1, and The Guardian. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island.
Review Quotes: Indispensable, deeply researched, compellingly argued, and beautifully written...pointing the way to what a truly just sustainable global economy could look like.--Greg Grandin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The End of the Myth