Tag: Earth Day

April 4, 2019

Media Roundup: The Fall of the Wild

 “Minteer bravely takes on the many facile assumptions of conservation’s technofixologists and misanthropes alike to offer us a humbler and hopefully more effective way to save and to savor the presence of the remaining living riches of the “natural” world.”...

April 3, 2019

Q&A: Ben A. Minteer on The Fall of the Wild

“What to do—and not to do—about the biodiversity crisis that we ourselves are engineering? In The Fall of the Wild, Ben Minteer takes us through the options. His assessment of the situation is balanced, clear-sighted, and humane.” ~ Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The...

April 2, 2019

Book Giveaway! Environmental and Climate Studies

April 22 is Earth Day, but here at CUP, we believe that a discussion about the environment and climate change warrants more than one day of conversation. Thus, we’ll be showcasing new and forthcoming titles on the topic all month....

April 18, 2018

Earth at Risk: An Excerpt

This month, in honor of Earth Day, we’re featuring titles that are related to climate change and environmental studies. Today we’re presenting you with an excerpt from Earth at Risk: Natural Capital and the Quest for Sustainability, by Claude Henry and Laurence...

April 17, 2018

New Book Tuesday! The Green Marble, New German Idealism, and Psychology of a Superpower

Our weekly listing of new books is now available! The Green Marble Earth System Science and Global Sustainability David P. Turner A New German Idealism Hegel, Žižek, and Dialectical Materialism Adrian Johnston Psychology of a Superpower Security and Dominance in...

April 6, 2018

Fracking: Dirty Word or Harmless Technique?

“There are few words in Energy that inspire more polarized and extreme response than this one; fracking.” –Jason Bordoff, Columbia Energy Exchange This month, in honor of Earth Day, we’re featuring titles that are related to climate change, sustainability, and...

April 5, 2018

More Than a Decade of Publishing on Climate Change

It’s the first Throwback Thursday of April. Later this month, we’ll celebrate Earth Day. Did you know that Columbia University Press has been a leading publisher on the topics of Climate Change and other environmental issues for over a decade?...

April 5, 2018

The Fracking Debate: A Discussion

In January, we published The Fracking Debate: The Risks, Benefits, and Uncertainties of the Shale Revolution, by Daniel Raimi; the newest release from the Center on Global Energy Policy series.  Below is a video of the book’s launch during which the author...

April 4, 2018

The Fracking Debate: An Excerpt

This month, in honor of Earth Day, we’re featuring titles that are related to climate change and environmental studies. Today we’re presenting you with an excerpt from The Fracking Debate: The Risks, Benefits, and Uncertainties of the Shale Revolution by Daniel Raimi....

April 22, 2015

Earth Day Video: Michael Mann on the Climate Wars

Michael Mann author of “The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars,” discusses the political objections and obfuscations that have shaped the debate about climate change.

April 27, 2012

Carl Hobbs: Earth Day and Mother's Day

April 22 was Earth Day, and in honor of the occasion, we will be running a series of posts over the course of this week by authors of our environmental studies titles. This post, written by Stuart Sim, addresses how economic concerns drive us to harm the environment.

April 26, 2012

Stuart Sim: The Earth and Profit

April 22 was Earth Day, and in honor of the occasion, we will be running a series of posts over the course of this week by authors of our environmental studies titles. This post, written by Stuart Sim, addresses how economic concerns drive us to harm the environment.