The Carbon Wave
A Story of Democracy, Parenthood, and the Race to Protect Our Planet
$92.23
- Hardcover
336 pages
- Release Date
13 October 2026
Summary
The true, inspiring story of new parents who spearheaded an unlikely climate victory.
From the rising climate advocate named to the Time100 Next list, for political junkies and anyone who cares about the environment.
They were perhaps an unlikely trio: the professor Leah Stokes, the policy wonk Sonia Aggarwal in the White House, and the DC insider Adrian Deveny in the Senate, but together, they crafted the boldest climate legislation of our time. In The Carbon Wave, S…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262054775 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262054779 |
| Author: | Leah C. Stokes |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 13 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“A story of grand ambition and devastating setbacks, political scientist Leah C. Stokes’s The Carbon Wave recounts the behind-the-scenes struggle to pass the most significant climate bill in history through the gridlocked Biden-era Senate…The Carbon Wave is a gripping political account of the policy creation pipeline, showcasing the triumphs and enormous personal costs inherent to the process.” —Foreword Reviews
ENDORSEMENTS
“This book is marvelous: a political thriller, a how-to, a memoir, a horror story, a love story.”
—Kim Stanley Robinson, author of The Ministry for the Future
“Welcome to the most thrilling policy narrative you’ll ever read, one in which idealistic young people slog for years uphill, slice through endless bureaucracy, on behalf of the earth and the future, and actually win something huge. This is a gripping book, a suspense thriller, an explanation of how the sausage got made, a character study of grace under pressure, and all on behalf of the climate, which is you and me and everyone yet to come.”
—Rebecca Solnit, author of The Beginning Comes After the End
“This is one of those few books that will be read for a long time. It is a beautifully written inside account of world-changing legislation. What this law jumpstarted can’t be stopped.”
—Bill McKibben, author of Here Comes the Sun and founder of Third Act
Leah C. Stokes
Leah C. Stokes is Anton Vonk Associate Professor of Environmental Politics at UC Santa Barbara. As a leading climate advocate, she has championed climate policy in the United States at all levels of government and was selected for Time Magazine’s Time100 Next list and Business Insider’s top 30 global climate leaders. A recipient of a Harvard University Radcliffe Fellowship, she is the author of the award-winning Short Circuiting Policy, which was listed as one of the top 5 climate books in 2020 by The New York Times.
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