Books by Philip Warburg

Title: Harness the Sun: America’s Quest for a Solar-Powered Future
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: September 8, 2015
Details: Hardcover (ISBN: 978-0807033760); also available as an e-book
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Short Description: From inner-city neighborhoods and industrial wastelands to the open desert, Harness the Sun traces solar energy’s remarkable ascent and introduces readers to a surprising collection of pioneers who are transforming the way we power the American economy.

Title: Harvest the Wind: America’s Journey to Jobs, Energy Independence, and Climate Stability
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: April 17, 2012
Details: 256 pages; Hardcover (ISBN: 978-080700107-3); Paperback (ISBN: 978-0807000496); also available as an e-book
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Short Description: Harvest the Wind: America’s Journey to Jobs, Energy Independence, and Climate Stability is a story of hope with its pulse deep in the American heartland.  Wind power has brought new jobs, new income, and a restored sense of pride to hundreds of communities across the country.  Philip Warburg introduces readers to the farmers, entrepreneurs, factory workers, and innovators who are the driving forces behind this transformative technology.  He also visits epicenters of anti-wind activism, where complaints about wind farm noise, wildlife hazards, and visual blight pose tough challenges to the industry.  With eyes wide-open, Warburg charts a course that can lead our nation to a saner and more sustainable energy future.

Author Information

Author: Philip Warburg

Short Bio: Philip Warburg is the author of two books on renewable energy, Harness the Sun: America’s Quest for a Solar-Powered Future and Harvest the Wind: America’s Journey to Jobs, Energy Independence and Climate Stability. A seasoned environmental lawyer with roots going back to the 1970s, he was president and CEO of the Conservation Law Foundation, New England’s leading environmental advocacy group, from 2003 to 2009.  Previously, he directed the Israel Union for Environmental Defense in Tel Aviv and was an attorney at the Environmental Law Institute in Washington, D.C.  He has worked with governments and citizen groups on environmental initiatives in several Middle East nations and across Eastern Europe.

Long Bio: see this page

Author Photo: high resolution image [Photo Credit: Drew Hyman]

Website URL: www.philipwarburg.com

Photo by Drew Hyman