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""A phenomenal feat of journalism. . . . I tore through it like a novel but with the queasy knowledge that the whole damn thing is true."" —Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm and War Blending exclusive first-person interviews and penetrating investigative reporting, oil rig captain...

Sie spielen mit dem Gedanken, Ihr Dach mit einer Photovoltaikanlage aufzuwerten? Liebäugeln vielleicht mit einem kleinen Balkonmodul? Oder Sie interessieren sich grundsätzlich für die zukunftsweisende Alltagstechnologie? Dann schnappen Sie sich diesen Ratgeber und finden Sie heraus, wie Sie die Kraft der Sonne ganz einfach für sich nutzen! Ein paar schwarze Platten aufs Dach montiert und schon übernimmt die Sonne Ihre Stromrechnung.

An Australian millionaire's plan to mine the ocean floor. Nigerian garbage pickers risking their lives to salvage e-waste. A Bill Gates-backed entrepreneur harnessing AI to find metals in the Arctic. These people and millions more are part of the intensifying competition to find and extract the minerals essential for two crucial technologies: the internet and renewable energy. Beiser crisscrossed the world to talk to the people involved and report on the damage this race is inflicting, the ways it could get worse, and how we can minimize the damage.

Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction Seven years in the making, Amity and Prosperity tells the story of the energy boom's impact on a small town at the edge of Appalachia and of one woman's transformation from a struggling single parent to an unlikely activist. Stacey Haney...

This is the story of a man caught in the middle of a huge American destabilising operation, illustrating the secret economic war that the United States is waging against developed nations across the world. In 2014, France lost part of the control of its nuclear power plants to the United States. Frédéric Pierucci, former senior executive of one of Alstom's subsidiaries, found himself at the heart of this state scandal. His story goes to the very heart of a $12 billion thriller that illustrates the secret economic war that the United States is waging in Europe.

Deutschlands energiepolitischer Sonderweg könnte zur Sackgasse werden. Kurz vor Abschluss des Atomausstiegs fiel mit Russlands Angriff auf die Ukraine ...

Bloomsbury presents Six Minutes to Winter: Nuclear War and How to Avoid It by Mark Lynas read by Tom Lawrence ‘Terrifying and timely, this is a book everyone should read and heed’ - George Monbiot 'Urgent, gripping and sobering, Six Minutes to Winter is a hair-raising wake-up call’ - David...

Renewable energy use is on the rise around the world, becoming a key focus of government policy and big business - and for very good reason. Not only are we facing the imminent depletion of the fossil fuels that we've relied on for so many centuries to heat our homes and power our industry, but it is clear that these alternative energy resources could also hold the key to combating climate change.