From the publisher: "A riveting and elegant story of climate change on one city street [in Tacoma Park, MD], full of surprises and true stories of human struggle and dying local trees – all against the national backdrop of 2023's record heat domes and raging wildfires and, simultaneously, rising hopes for clean energy."
"An astonishing and urgently necessary book. One of our leading national and global activists, Mike Tidwell in this book makes the climate catastrophe utterly local and personal, analyzing what global warming has meant on his block and in his home. It’s all here: the devastating loss of neighborhood trees, the rising costs of flooding and erosion, the brutal summers and Tidwell’s personal battle with Lyme disease and the terrifying spread of other debilitating tick-borne diseases. A remarkable book that will change the way you think about climate change and remind you that, just as all the problems are fundamentally in your backyard, so are all the solutions." - U.S. Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-8)