Buy Now, Sell Never

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reviews three new environmental books that writer Joseph Losos pronounces “thought-provoking,” including Eco Barons, now three days from publication. The reviewer appreciates that that there are extraordinary individuals profiled in the book, “acting altruistically, sacrificing profit in a noble cause.” Some are pioneering new technologies and clean energy, others are pushing government [...]

The Climate Lobby – The Pressure’s On

At first glance, this chart looks like a scary illustration of the growing risks of climate change. And it is, in a way. But look closely: the graph doesn’t chart the growth and types of greenhouse gas emissions. It tracks the rise of Washington climate lobbyists –  a 300 percent increase between 2001 and 2008. [...]

Outside: The New Face of American Environmentalism

The new March issue of Outside has put Eco Barons on its “required reading” list. The review isn’t available online, so here’s a short quote:
Contrary to what the recycled-sandal wing of the environmental movement might think, greening the world takes sacrifice, hard work, and a lot of cash… Humes’s in-depth reporting makes the book stand as a solid [...]

An Eco Baron Declares War on Climate Change

The Center for Biological Diversity, America’s most vocal and effective enforcer of endangered species protections, has opened a new climate institute based in San Francisco in order to “declare legal war on climate change.”
Leaders of the center, headquartered in Tucson but with offices spread around of the country, are among those profiled in my upcoming [...]

New York Times: We Must All Strive to Become Eco Barons

Eco Barons was featured in the New York Times Business pages Sunday in advance of the March 3 publication, exhorting readers that, “the book’s urgent message is clear: We must all strive to become Eco Barons in our own right if we are to save Planet Earth.” 
From Visionaries on a Mission: Save the [...]

Eco Barons Back Story

Booklist’s new environmental issue just went up online, and it’s chock full of goodies — a top 10 list of enviro books published in 2008, a separate top 10 for kids, online green resources for students, and a “story behind the story” feature on Eco Barons. Here’s a quote from the piece, on how forward-thinking the [...]

The Last Green Stimulus

The last time a president tried a massive green stimulus, America soon led the world in solar and wind power. Then it all fell apart — or rather, it was deliberately taken apart. My latest  post over at HuffingtonPost explains why, and how history once again might repeat itself.

Climate of Denial

The esteemed conservative columnist, George Will, gave climate change deniers a great big Valentine this week with his “Dark Green Doomsayers” column rejecting climate change science. He expends many words talking about a silly 1970s Newsweek cover story announcing a new ice age — which even at the time was a fringe idea, though good [...]

Why I Wrote Eco Barons

What we call the environmental “story” – which is so big it includes pollution, climate change, extinctions, wilderness loss, deforestation, fossil fuel dependence, mountaintop removal, the dying oceans, energy, air quality, sprawl, the global economy, and much, much more – is clearly THE story of our age. The decisions we make in this area in [...]

Eco Barons a “page-turner”

I just heard from my super publicist at Harper Collins, Heather Drucker, who passed on the latest advance review of Eco Barons, this one from Library Journal:
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Humes showcases environmentalists who are saving our planet. The millionaires of the subtitle are Doug Tompkins, who put Esprit clothing profits to work protecting Argentina’s Patagonia; Roxanne Quimby, who used [...]