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Growing Cooler book released to public

Pass this on to your friends, colleagues and others to let them know about the release of this exciting new book! Forward this announcement with the link below to your friends and colleagues, or add it to Digg, Reddit, Google Bookmarks, and other social sites. Visit our Growing Cooler page...

By Steve Davis, April 2, 2008

Pass this on to your friends, colleagues and others to let them know about the release of this exciting new book! Forward this announcement with the link below to your friends and colleagues, or add it to Digg, Reddit, Google Bookmarks, and other social sites.

Visit our Growing Cooler page for more information. There, you can download the full executive summary, and dive deeper into the relationship between growth patterns and energy security/climate change.