Kicking the carbon habit: global warming and the case for renewable and nuclear energy

1. The case for sharply cutting U.S. greenhouse gas emissions

Part I. Coal: a Faustian bargain with payments coming due: 2. The basis of it all Pennsylvania in the Pennsylvanian

3. The air we breathe: the human costs of coal combustion

4. From outer space: Asia's brown cloud, and more

Part II. Climate: the lockstep relationship between carbon dioxide and temperature: 5. The drillers

6. The modellers

7. The synthesizers

Part III. Choices: the low-carbon and zero-carbon technologies we can deploy right now: 8. Breaking the carbon habit

9. Going all out for renewables, conservation, and green design

10. Natural gas, gasoline, and the vision of a hydrogen economy

11. A second look at nuclear energy

Conclusion: How to reduce greenhouse gases now, using today's technology.