Powering Forward: What Everyone Should Know About America's Energy Revolutio [Paperback]

A historic energy revolution is underway in the United States. Wind, sunlight, and other sustainable resources are now the fastest growing sources of energy in the U.S. and worldwide. American families are installing power plants on their roofs and entire communities are switching to 100 percent renewable energy. The urgent need to prevent climate change is causing people around the planet to question their reliance on carbon-intensive oil, coal, and natural gas. Author Bill Ritter, Jr., the 41st governor of Colorado and one of America’s key thought leaders on this topic, discusses the forces behind the energy revolution, the new ways we must think about energy, and the future of fossil and renewable fuels. It is an essential read for any who want to understand one of history’s biggest challenges to peace, prosperity, and security in the United States. Written in partnership with the Center for a New Energy Economy. 

"Governor Ritter has written an important book for anyone interested in energy and the challenge of climate change." —Jeff Bingaman, former US Senator (NM), former Chair, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

"As a long-time student and policy maker regarding America’s energy future in the 21st century, I am aware of no book that addresses our energy challenges more comprehensively than Governor Bill Ritter’s new book,Powering Forward." —Gary Hart, United States Senator, Colorado (Ret.)

"In this essential book, Gov. Ritter analyzes the choice we face between designing our future or being its victims." —Walter Isaacson, CEO, Aspen Institute

"An informative why-and-how book about preventing climate change by making the transition to clean energy.In straightforward prose interspersed with bulleted lists and numerous charts, diagrams, maps, and tables, Ritter tells it like it is, showing what the challenges arlÄ