Books
1001 Voices on Climate Change: Everyday Stories of Flood, Fire, Drought, and Displacement from Around the World
by Devi Lockwood
A global oral history capturing personal accounts of how climate change is affecting individuals, communities, and cultures, emphasizing the human cost of environmental disruption.
Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All
by Michael Shellenberger
A former environmentalist argues that climate alarmism is damaging and counterproductive, advocating for pragmatic solutions to environmental challenges.
Capitalism Without Guilt: The Moral Case for Freedom
by Yaron Brook and Don Watkins
An Objectivist defense of capitalism as a moral and economic engine, challenging the notion that profit and virtue are incompatible.
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
by Siddharth Kara
A harrowing exposé of the human and environmental toll behind the global demand for cobalt. Through firsthand reporting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kara reveals the exploitation underpinning modern supply chains that power smartphones, electric vehicles, and the renewable energy transition.
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
by Jared Diamond
An incisive investigation into the rise and fall of past civilizations, Collapse explores how environmental mismanagement, climate change, hostile neighbors, and poor political choices led societies like the Maya, the Vikings, and Easter Island to collapse.
Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
by Ben Goldfarb
An investigative journey into how roads disrupt ecosystems and biodiversity, introducing the emerging science of road ecology and innovative solutions to repair fragmented habitats.
Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas—Not Less
by Alex Epstein
Expands on the argument that increased fossil fuel use is essential for human flourishing, emphasizing the benefits over the environmental costs.
Good Derivatives: A Story of Financial and Environmental Innovation
by Richard Sandor
An insider’s account of how the financial instruments behind emissions trading were created, making the case that markets can be powerful tools for driving environmental progress.
Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex
by Rupert Darwall
A geopolitical history of the green agenda, focusing on how Europe's top-down climate policies have influenced global frameworks.
The Conservative Environmentalist: Common Sense Solutions for a Sustainable Future
by Benji Backer
A young conservative environmentalist provides a vision for solving the climate crisis while prioritizing American national interests.
The Deepest Map: The High-Stakes Race to Chart the World’s Oceans
by Laura Trethewey
A compelling exploration of the urgent scientific efforts to map the uncharted seafloor, revealing how ocean mapping intersects with environmental conservation, geopolitical tensions, and the future of planetary sustainability.
The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics
by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith
A realpolitik primer that dismantles naïve assumptions about governance, aid, and foreign policy, explaining how leaders maintain power.
The Energy World Is Flat: Opportunities from the End of Peak Oil
by Daniel Lacalle
A free-market perspective on global energy transformation and the collapse of centralized power models, analyzing the implications for investors.
The Great Reset: Joe Biden and the Rise of Twenty-First-Century Fascism
by Glenn Beck
A partisan exploration of global ESG coordination and elite-driven technocracy, examining the potential threats to individual freedoms.
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
by Walter Rodney
A landmark analysis of the economic exploitation of Africa through colonialism, demonstrating how European powers systematically extracted wealth and left structural underdevelopment in their wake.
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
by Alex Epstein
A provocative argument asserting that the benefits of fossil fuels, such as affordable energy and improved quality of life, far outweigh their environmental costs, challenging mainstream climate narratives.
Purpose + Profit: How Business Can Lift Up the World
by George Serafeim
A concise framework for how companies can create lasting value by integrating social and environmental goals into core strategy.
Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters
by Steven E. Koonin
A former Obama energy advisor critiques the mainstream narrative on climate science, highlighting uncertainties and advocating for informed policy decisions.
Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam
by Vivek Ramaswamy
A scathing critique of stakeholder capitalism and ESG from a former biotech CEO, arguing that corporate virtue signaling undermines democracy.
Valley So Low: One Lawyer's Fight for Justice in the Wake of America's Great Coal Catastrophe
by Jared Sullivan
A gripping account of the 2008 Kingston coal ash spill, chronicling a local attorney's relentless pursuit of justice against the Tennessee Valley Authority and the systemic failures that endangered workers' lives.