Language intelligence

If you follow discussions about climate science on the web, you've undoubtedly run across Joe Romm.

Joe Romm is a Fellow at American Progress and is the editor of Climate Progress, which New York Times columnist Tom Friedman called "the indispensable blog" and Time magazine named one of the 25 "Best Blogs of 2010." In 2009, Rolling Stone put Romm #88 on its list of 100 "people who are reinventing America." Time named him a "Hero of the Environment" and "The Web's most influential climate-change blogger."

Romm was acting assistant secretary of energy for energy efficiency and renewable energy in 1997, where he oversaw $1 billion in R&D, demonstration, and deployment of low-carbon technology. He is a Senior Fellow at American Progress and holds a Ph.D. in physics from MIT. (from his author page at ThinkProgress)

A couple of months ago, Joe published Language Intelligence: Lessons on Persuasion from Jesus, Shakespeare, Lincoln, and Lady Gaga. While I sometimes find his approach to climate issues combative and confrontational, several people I respect write very highly of it.

• John Cook, Skeptical Science
• Michael Mann, RealClimate
• Rep. Ed Markey, HuffingtonPost¹

I now have a copy in my Kindle, and it's high on my list of things to read. I'll let you know what I think about it when I do.