{"product_id":"9781940207254","title":"The People's Republic of Chemicals","description":"\u003cbr\u003eMaverick environmental writers William J. Kelly and Chip Jacobs follow up their acclaimed \u003ci\u003eSmogtown\u003c\/i\u003e with a provocative examination of China’s ecological calamity already imperiling a warming planet. Toxic smog most people figured was obsolete needlessly kills as many as died in the 9\/11 attacks every day, while sometimes Grand Canyon-sized drifts of industrial particles aloft on the winds rain down ozone and waterway-poisoning mercury in America.\u003cp\u003eIn vivid, gonzo prose blending first-person reportage with exhaustive research and a sense of karma, Kelly and Jacobs describe China’s ancient love affair with coal, Bill Clinton’s blunders cutting free-trade deals enabling the U.S. to \"export\" manufacturing emissions to Asia in a shift that pilloried the West's middle class, Communist Party manipulation of eco-statistics, the horror of cancer villages, the deception of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and spellbinding peasant revolts against cancer-spreading plants involving thousands in mostly-censored melées. Ending with China’s monumental coal-bases decried by climatologists as a global warming dagger, \u003ci\u003eThe People's Republic of Chemicals\u003c\/i\u003e names names and emphasizes humanity over bloodless statistics in a classic sure to ruffle feathers as an indictment of money as the real green that not even Al Gore can deny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Bird Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048031994096,"sku":"9781940207254","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781940207254_p0.jpg?v=1763667138","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781940207254","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}