In his urgent new book...journalist Eugene Linden gravely explains why the world has failed to stop the ongoing catastrophe of climate change.

In fascinating detail, Linden’s Fire and Flood tours the American scientific and political landscape that first grasped the fact of climate change and then forgot about it..

Linden is a clear, concise writer. He knows his climate science, and Fire and Flood makes points that stay with you..

It hurts to read...this book and yet this in-depth, expertly researched, but eminently readable title should be on every person’s bookshelf. Linden combines his analysis with solutions as to where humanity should and may go, and those solutions should surprise, enrage, and enlighten readers.

... nuanced.

Journalist Linden...pulls no punches in this urgent look at the causes and progression of climate change ...The outlook here is bleak and sobering.

A fine history of the battle against climate change that does not strain to predict victory..