In the spring of 2007, after Energy Department analyst Erik Shuster circulated a document revealing that 151 new coal-fired power plants were slated for construction, climate scientists sounded the alarm. Coal is the most carbon-intensive and plentiful of the fossil fuels. If the wave of massive new facilities was built, there would be little chance of preventing greenhouse gases from reaching truly dangerous levels. In response to the crisis, hundreds of local and regional groups, along with a handful of national groups, rose to the challenge of blocking the wave of proposals. Climate Hope: On the Front Lines of the Fight Against Coal reveals for the first time the organizing methods and political tactics that enabled underdog activists in state after state to take on and defeat Big Coal, one of the most politically dominant industries in America. By late 2009, following two years of intense mobilization, opponents had derailed at least 109 proposed plants, bringing the coal boom to a sputtering halt.The fight to stop coal is a bright spot in the worldwide effort to fight global warming. According to Dr. James Hansen, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, phasing out coal emissions is "80% of the solution to the global warming crisis." The grassroots organizing methods developed by the movement to stop new coal-fired power plants provide a positive example of ordinary people mobilizing, fighting, and winning. Learn more at ClimateHopeBook.com Contents: Chapter 1: The 80% Solution Chapter 2: 151 Time Bombs Chapter 3: Inside the Swarm Chapter 4: But We'll Freeze in the Dark! Chapter 5: What About China? Chapter 6: Hurricane Politics Chapter 7: Kansas Chapter 8: Direct Action Chapter 9: The Education of Warren Buffett Chapter 10: Progress Report: 59 Coal Plants Down Chapter 11: Unicorns, Leprechauns, Clean Coal Chapter 12: War Against the Mountains Chapter 13: The Grandmother Rebellion Chapter 14: Cowboys Against Coal Chapter 15: Sierra Chapter 16: Taking It to the Streets Appendix A: Protests Against Coal Appendix B: Coal Plants Cancelled, Abandoned, or Put on Hold - from Amzon