<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Gus Speth</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:gus@speth.com">gus@speth.com</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 11:10 PM<br>Subject: My new book from MIT Press, They Knew: The US Federal Government's Fifty-Year Role in Causing the Climate Crisis<br>To: Gus Speth <<a href="mailto:gus@speth.com">gus@speth.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Neue Haas Unica W1G",sans-serif"><font size="4">I have a new book out with MIT Press<span class="gmail_default">, one</span> I hope will interest you.<u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Neue Haas Unica W1G",sans-serif">The title says it all,
<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/675983/they-knew-by-james-gustave-speth-foreword-by-xiuhtezcatl-martinez/" target="_blank">
They Knew: The US Federal Government's <span class="gmail_default">Fifty</span>-Year Role in Causing the Climate Crisis</a></span><span style="font-family:"Neue Haas Unica W1G",sans-serif">. It covers the period from LBJ through Trump, documenting what the government knew, when
they knew it, and how they played a leading and affirmative role in bringing about today’s climate crisis.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Neue Haas Unica W1G",sans-serif"><font size="4">This book took shape when
<b>Our Children's Trust</b> (OCT), a great advocacy for children, asked me to write up the Carter Administration for the children’s climate lawsuit, and I said sure. A busy period, I thought, but just four years. When I was done, or so I thought, they said,
"now, will you do the other administrations?" I picked my aging body up off the floor, and started in on the assignment with the help of an amazing documentary research team at OCT. That was 2018, and I subsequently added the disastrous Trump finale and did
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Neue Haas Unica W1G",sans-serif"><font size="4">I am grateful that
<b>Julia Olson</b> and <b>Philip Gregory</b>, legal counsel for the <span class="gmail_default">seminal</span> case <i>Juliana v. United States</i>, have contributed an introduction to the book. And thankful <span class="gmail_default">also </span>for terrific early reviews and endorsements from
<b>Naomi Klein, Bill McKibben, Van Jones, Elizabeth Kolbert,</b> and <b>Catherine Flowers</b>. There have been positive reviews also from
<i>Nature</i> and <i>Science</i>. See below.<u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Neue Haas Unica W1G",sans-serif"><font size="4">I have described the book as the saddest story ever told, but if you are reality tolerant you will find it an important story of vast governmental malfeasance,
surely one of the greatest derelictions of civic responsibility in the history of the Republic.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Neue Haas Unica W1G",sans-serif"><font size="4"><span class="gmail_default">I hope the book</span> spurs people to act in small and big ways. Please consider ordering a copy from your favorite bookstore
and sharing the word with others who may be interested. My publisher has also provided a discount code that will give you
<b>20% discount and free shipping*</b> on direct orders with <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/675983/they-knew-by-james-gustave-speth-foreword-by-xiuhtezcatl-martinez/" target="_blank">
Penguin Random House</a>.<u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Neue Haas Unica W1G",sans-serif"><font size="4"><b>All royalties go to Our Children’s Trust.</b><u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Neue Haas Unica W1G",sans-serif">James Gustave Speth,
<a href="mailto:gus@speth.com" target="_blank">gus@speth.com </a>Distinguished Next System Fellow, the Democracy Collaborative,
<a href="http://thenextsystem.org" target="_blank">thenextsystem.org</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Neue Haas Unica W1G",sans-serif">*Necessary information about the discount code: Customers based in the USA can order with discount code TheyKnew20 and receive a 20% discount. Orders should be
placed on the Penguin Random House website. This discount code is valid on this website only. This offer is valid while supplies last. Limit one discount code per person. Valid for one transaction. Discount code is not redeemable for cash, is non-transferable
and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer or discount. Discount code expires 10/15/2021.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Neue Haas Unica W1G",sans-serif">Praise for They Knew<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<b><i>—Kirkus Reviews</i></b> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Neue Haas Unica W1G",sans-serif">“Drawing on first-hand knowledge from his time as chair of the US Council on Environmental Quality during the administration of president Jimmy Carter (1977–81),
and his founding role in several major environmental non-governmental organizations, Speth gives a clear and concise account of the scientific evidence available to successive US presidents and Congresses over five decades. He provides a chilling description
of the gulf between the safer course of action recommended by scientists and advisers, and the reality of federal policy.”
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<b><i>—Nature</i></b> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Neue Haas Unica W1G",sans-serif">“Working pro bono [for Juliana v. United States], Speth produced a lengthy report tracing nearly 60 years of federal action on climate change and fossil fuel development.
That report is the foundation for this book. Parts of the story have been told before… but Speth’s volume covers a broader period of time, says more about federal encouragement of fossil fuels, and as befits a legal filing, is richly documented.”
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<b><i>—Science</i> </b><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Neue Haas Unica W1G",sans-serif">“Devastating. Enraging. Indispensable. Would that the world had more heroic elders like Gus Speth. He has produced a damning record that will become a potent tool
for justice.” <br>
<b>—Naomi Klein, Gloria Steinem Chair in Media, Culture, and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University; author of
<i>This Changes Everything, The Shock Doctrine, </i>and <i>No Logo</i></b> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Neue Haas Unica W1G",sans-serif">“With skill and dedication, Gus Speth has documented precisely what we knew and when we knew it. This book is a shocking reminder of the chances for action we've
already missed, and a spur to finally move with the vigor the climate crisis demands.”
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<b>—Bill McKibben, Schumann Distinguished Scholar in Environmental Studies at Middlebury College; founder, <a href="http://350.org" target="_blank">350.org</a></b>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Neue Haas Unica W1G",sans-serif">“Wondering how in the world the catastrophe of climate change could be happening and whom to hold responsible? Look no further than They Knew—Gus Speth’s enlightening
and infuriating new book.” <br>
<b>—Van Jones, CNN commentator, author, and founder of the Dream Corps</b> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Neue Haas Unica W1G",sans-serif">“Gus Speth has written a history of federal action and inaction on climate change that spares neither Democrats nor Republicans. They Knew is at once a searing
indictment and a fascinating read.” <br>
<b>—Elizabeth Kolbert, staff writer, New Yorker; author of <i>Under a White Sky and The Sixth Extinction</i></b>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Neue Haas Unica W1G",sans-serif">“Speth reveals the smoking gun of the climate crisis in the US government’s unholy alliance with the fossil fuel industry. The history presented in They Knew makes
clear that democratic action is needed now to ensure a future for seven generations to come.”
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<b>—Catherine Flowers, Founder and Director, Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice; Professor of Practice, Duke University; 2020 MacArthur Fellow; author of
<i>Waste</i></b> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">James Gustave Speth, <a href="mailto:gus@speth.com" target="_blank">gus@speth.com</a><br>Distinguished Next System Fellow, the Democracy Collaborative, </font><a href="http://thenextsystem.org" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">thenextsystem.org</a></div><div><br></div><div>My recent books: </div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:10pt"><i>It’s Already Tomorrow: Poems</i>, Shires Press (2020), </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:10pt"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Its-Already-Tomorrow-Poems-Speth/dp/1605714976" target="_blank">amazon.com/Its-Already-Tomorrow-Poems-Speth/dp/1605714976</a></span></span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:10pt"><br></span></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif" size="2"><span><i>They Knew: The US Federal Government's Fifty-Year Role in Causing the Climate Crisis, </i>MIT Press (2021)</span></font></div><div><a href="http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/they-knew" target="_blank">mitpress.mit.edu/books/they-knew</a></div><div><a href="http://amazon.com/They-Knew-Federal-Governments-Fifty-Year/dp/0262542986/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=" target="_blank">amazon.com/They-Knew-Federal-Governments-Fifty-Year/dp/0262542986/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=</a><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10pt"></span></p></div></div></div></div>
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