{"product_id":"9781940207544","title":"The People's Republic of Chemicals","description":"Maverick 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 imperling a warming planet. Toxic smog most people figured was obsolete needlessly kills as many there as 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. In 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 melees. 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 stresses humans over bloodless numbers in a classic sure to ruffle feathers as an indictment of money as the real green that not even Al Gore can deny.","brand":"Rare Bird Books, A Vireo Book","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154464227568,"sku":"9781940207544","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781940207544_p0.jpg?v=1769898343","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781940207544","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}