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Americans are awakening to just how costly and destructive our fossil-fuel habit has become-to the environment, our national security and stature, our health, and especially our pocketbooks. We want to take action, to move our country down the path to clean energy, but we're not sure how. In his new book, "Coming Clean", Brune provides the road map, showing how we, as motivated citizens, can promote real solutions and collectively pressure government and corporations to change their energy priorities. Brune tracks the myriad ways our thirst for dwindling supplies of oil and coal corrupts national policy and international finance, harms poor communities worldwide, and wreaks havoc on the climate. He describes the most promising developments in renewable energy sources, biofuels, and efficient design, and outlines an inspiring vision of the clean energy future within our reach.

Michael Brune is executive director of Rainforest Action Network and provides strategic direction for its Freedom from Oil campaign. Mr. Brune and his organization, Rainforest Action Network, have had stunning success in convincing corporations-including Home Depot, Citi, and Bank of America-to green their business practices, and his activist skills and passion are at the heart of this book. Offering well-tested action strategies, "Coming Clean" is rooted in the author's faith that Americans acting together can create profound change.

For more information about Rainforest Action Network, see the website: www.ran.org