Should “fracking” be banned; is it safe and if not, what are the dangers associated with it? John Rumpler, senior attorney with Environment America separates fact from fiction.

Meteorologist, Bill Evans covers everything, from tornadoes and hurricanes to lightning and the different kinds of snowflakes in It’s Raining Fish and Spiders. He addresses weather myths and facts, from “Can it really rain fish?” to “Will opening a window save my house during a tornado?”

The Republican-led House voted nearly 200 times to weaken, block, or delay needed measures that defend our air, water, wildlife, and lands. Bob Deans‘ Reckless tells the story of that misguided campaign, how it put our nation at risk, and where we need to go from here.

In The Locavore’s Dilemma, Pierre Desrochers explains the history, science, and economics of food supply to reveal what locavores miss or misunderstand. Then,  Jim Hecker with Public Justice talks about mountaintop mining and  how it continues around the country.

The Man Who Planted Trees is not a detailed how-to guide to planting; it is a touching story of Elzéard Bouffier, who devoted his entire life to reforesting a desolate portion of Provence, in southern France.

In Rebuild the Dream, green economy pioneer Van Jones reflects on his journey from grassroots outsider to White House insider.

Scott Wallace tells the extraordinary tale of a journey into the deepest recesses of the Amazon to track one of the planet’s last uncontacted indigenous tribes in The Unconquered.

2012 delinquency forecasts with Steve Chaouki, Financial Services TransUnion. Then, Spencer Wells takes us on a powerful tour of when we  became farmers rather than hunter-gatherers, setting in motion a momentous chain of events that could not have been foreseen at the time in Pandora’s Seed.

Actress and social  activist Alexandra Paul stands out in the crowd on a planet quickly approaching 7 billion people. She has been commended by the United Nations for her environmental work, arrested for trying to save the electric car and – in a decision that made her mother cry – remains child-free. Her decision to remain childless was a personal act to help ease pressure on our over-burdened planet.